Quickwork

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A task executed rapidly with skill and precision is referred to as efficient completion
2. It denotes the achievement of results quickly while ensuring standards are met
3. The act of completing a task swiftly and competently without sacrificing quality

Etymology: "Quickwork" is a plain compound, built from "quick" and "work." "Quick" comes from Old English "cwic," meaning alive or living, and it came to mean rapid through the sense of being lively or swift in movement. "Work" comes from Old English "weorc," a deed or task. Joined together, the two words describe labor done rapidly. The compound is transparent, so its meaning follows directly from its parts: a piece of work completed in a hurry. Its sense of skill and precision given in the definition is not something the parts alone establish, so the speed is the core idea and the quality is an added expectation.

Synonyms: expediency, speediness

Antonyms: slowness, delay