adverb
celeriter
celeriter (comparative celerius, superlative celerrimē)
Classical[kɛˈɫɛ.rɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃeˈlɛː.ri.ter]
№ 967 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- quickly, swiftly, immediately
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
modō celerī.celeriter adv. — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
cĕlĕrĭter, adv., v. 1. celer
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
celeriter adv. with comp. and sup.
celer, quickly, swiftly, speedily, in haste, immediately, promptly: concilium dimittit, Cs.: antecellere omnibus: navigare: si erat celerius recipiendum, Cs.: mens celerrime multa simul agitans: quam celerrime potuit, Cs.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin celeriter From celer (“quick, swift”) + -ter.