2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Readiness \Read"i*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness;
aptitude; willingness.
They received the word with all readiness of mind.
--Acts xvii.
11.
Syn: Facility; quickness; expedition; promptitude;
promptness; aptitude; aptness; knack; skill; expertness;
dexterity; ease; cheerfulness. See {Facility}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
readiness
n 1: the state of being ready or prepared for use or action
(especially military action); "putting them in
readiness" [syn: {preparedness}]
2: prompt willingness: "readiness to continue discussions"
3: (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a
particular way "the subjects' set led them to solve
problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler
solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the
wrong set" [syn: {set}]
4: a natural effortlessness; "a happy readiness of
conversation"--Jane Austen [syn: {facility}]
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