[
UK
/pɹˈɒmptnəs/
]
NOUN
- the characteristic of doing things without delay
- the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
How To Use promptness In A Sentence
- Now I wonder how he sees my slatternly ways given his own promptness.
- It said that the 'promptness' criterion, which was up to a court's discretion, was not compatible with the Directive. OUT-LAW News
- While this site says little about the claimed nutritional benefits of wheatgrass and offers only a few recipes, the service is efficient and e-mail queries were answered with friendly promptness.
- And with equal promptness came the "Eight hundred," of the voyageur. The Wit of Porportuk
- 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. THE CLASS STRUGGLE
- a stickler for promptness
- Still the promptness to laugh is an excellent progenitorial foundation for the wit to come in a people; and undoubtedly the diarial record of an imputed piece of wit is witness to the spouting of laughter. Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1
- Articles 5 and 6 both deal with the promptness with which an adjudication must proceed against criminal defendants.
- The reis was a sleepy old crock," Belmont continued; "but I have absolute confidence in the promptness and decision of my wife. A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"
- Because of the large and unrestricted increase in the volume of patients and the resultant budgetary constraints, the quality of care and the promptness of care can surely be affected.
