speedful (spedful)

[ Othere tydings speedful for to seyn. Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 629. 21. Effectual; efficient. He moot she we that the coll a cions of pro pos i cions nis nat spedful to a nece arye conclusion. Chaucer , Boëthius, iv. prose 4. And this thing he sayth shall be more speedful and effectual in the matter. Sir T. More. 3. Full of speed; hasty; speedy. [Rare.] In pouerne e of spyrit is sped fullest hele. Piers Plowman's Crede , 1. 264. speedfully (spēd'fül-i), adv . [ spedfullye ; speedful +-ly2.] In a speedful manner; speedily; quickly; succe fully. Then thay toke ther way wonder spedfullye . Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 183. Dryden, Iliad, i. speed-gage (spēd'gāj), n. A device for indiHe sped him thence home to his habitation. Fairfax . cating a rate of speed attained; a velocimeter; O precious evenings! all too swiftly sped ! Long fellow , Mrs. Kemble's Readings. Perhaps it was a note of Western independence that a Harper's Mag ., LXXVI. 876. woman was here and there seen speeding a fast horse, in a cutter, alone. IMG:content-1690.png:[blocks in formation] a speed-indicator. speedily (spē'di-li), adv. [