Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Speedy

Speedy (-y) , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon spēdyg.]

Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.
I will wish her speedy strength. — Shakespeare
Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. — Dryden