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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROMPTNESS

n.Readiness; quickness of decision or action. The young man answered questions with great promptness. 1. Cheerful willingness; alacrity.
2. Activity; briskness; as the promptness of animal actions.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROMPTNESS

PROMPTNESS Prompt "ness, n.

1. Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.

2. Cheerful willingness; alacrity.

Oxford Thesaurus

promptness

promptness noun he acted with commendable promptness: speed, swiftness, speediness, rapidity, promptitude, alacrity, dispatch, quickness, expeditiousness, expedition, immediacy, instantaneousness, readiness, willingness, eagerness; punctuality.