Promptness

Word PROMPTNESS
Character 10
Hyphenation prompt ness
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He recalled his promptness of resource and readiness for action. ❋ Frances Hodgson Burnett (1886)

"Well, sir, I feel that I owe you a great deal; perhaps more than I realize, as I recall your promptness on that memorable night of the storm." ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)

Here, on the contrary, your volunteers "do their spiriting gently:" all is good-nature and good manners; and a front is diminished, or a column of companies in line of march is eased off to the right or left to make way for carts or coaches, as the case requires, with a promptness which is the more creditable from the fact that the execution of a change in movement is no light matter. ❋ Tyrone Power (1818)

Bryan said that the removal of the demand for 'promptness' also gave companies more certainty. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It said that the 'promptness' criterion, which was up to a court's discretion, was not compatible with the Directive. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Phelim O'NeillHaving snatched Nurse Jackie from the BBC, who didn't seem to know what to do with it anyway, Sky Atlantic begins showing season three tonight with brutal promptness. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And with equal promptness came the "Eight hundred," of the voyageur. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Consequently, we can learn much from St James: promptness in accepting the Lord's call even when he asks us to leave the "boat" of our human securities, enthusiasm in following him on the paths that he indicates to us over and above any deceptive presumption of our own, readiness to witness to him with courage, if necessary to the point of making the supreme sacrifice of life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Upon its promptness rests its existence, for if it sits idly by, soothfully proclaiming that what ought not to be cannot be, it will find the roof beams crashing about its head. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The agency quotes Hoog as thanking the Libyan government for its "promptness" in freeing the journalists. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Apart from creative excellence, what do past/current clients say about our service, promptness, attention to detail … our ability to “get it right”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This book reinforced both my positive and negative prejudices about him as a professional, but it grounded them in a much deeper understanding of his personality, and in the awful responsibility of the writer on a show like Who: his loyalty and his guilt circulate around his key colleagues - Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, David Tennant - and worrying that he won't produce the goods with adequate quality or promptness. ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

And honestly, I tend to agree with Marvel when it comes to the 'late or half assed' question, DC seems to think promptness covers up for mediocrity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Out-of-hours care is extremely variable in terms of promptness of response and the level of reassurance given to patients. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At 8.33am the BBC reported that "perhaps surprisingly, it's first come, first served in the abbey", which would explain a certain readiness to queue and the unfashionable promptness of normally modish guests such as Rowan Atkinson, Guy Ritchie, Ian "Thorpedo" Thorpe, Ben Fogle and Joss Stone. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Your honestly and promptness in correcting yourself raise your credibility and thus your effectiveness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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