All 3 Uses of
expeditious
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- I might have handed him over to Roman justice, which is somewhat expeditious, and which would have been particularly so with him; but I did nothing of the sort—I suffered him and his band to depart.†
Chpt 39-40
- "Sir," he responded, "you are a stranger, and I believe you say yourself that a portion of your life has been spent in Oriental countries, so you are not aware how human justice, so expeditious in barbarous countries, takes with us a prudent and well-studied course."†
Chpt 47-48
- We must be expeditious.†
Chpt 71-72 *
Definition:
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(expeditious) characterized by speed and efficiency