0 the quality of doing something quickly and without delay, or at the arranged time: --
The company should pay suppliers with reasonable promptness.
The general principles have now been settled and will, of course, be applied with all possible promptness.
We shall act with equal promptness to identify cases and pay arrears in relation to the judgment on financial limits.
For example, how does one balance considerations of frequency of service, timeliness, promptness of arrival and passenger security with passenger safety?
If there is one thing upon which the whole of the public insists in capital cases, it is that there should be promptness.
There is a requirement for promptness and reasonable expedition, and there must be a sufficient element of public scrutiny of the investigation.
In coping with what comes after, promptness is no less vital.
What we want in the case of serious illness is promptness.
One would wish for the same promptness of action in other areas too.
