different between speedy vs spirited

English

Etymology

From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English sp?di? (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *sp?digaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed +? -y. Cognate with Scots spedie (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi?di/
• Rhymes: -i?di

Adjective

speedy (comparative speedier, superlative speediest)

1. rapid; swift

Synonyms

• fast, swift, quick, rapid
• See also Thesaurus:speedy

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Verb

speedy (third-person singular simple present speedies, present participle speedying, simple past and past participle speedied)

1. (transitive) to process in a faster than normal, accelerated way
   • 1647, {uncredited}, Journals of the House of Lords - Volume 10 - Page 389

     " […] the Treaty between the King and the Parliament may be speedied; and that Care may be taken, to prevent the casting of the Two Kingdoms into War and Blood."

   • 1871, The Mauritius Reports (page 46)

     […] for the purpose of proceeding to the immediate sale of the goods under seizure, with the view of speedying the exercise of their rights on the proceeds of the sale of the goods seized.

2. (transitive, Wiktionary and WMF jargon) to apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); speedy delete

   The guy is *not* so obviously insignificant that speedying him is appropriate.

Synonyms

• speed up
• speedy delete

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp???t?d/
• Hyphenation: spir?it?ed

Verb

spirited

1. simple past tense and past participle of spirit

Adjective

spirited (comparative more spirited, superlative most spirited)

1. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.

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Anagrams

• despirit, dirt pies, pteriids, rip tides, riptides, tide rips