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[syn: quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Apace \A*pace"\, adv. [Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in
which a is the article. See Pace.]
With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
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His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. --Spenser.
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A visible triumph of the gospel draw? on apace. --I.
Taylor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
apace
adv 1: with rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: quickly,
rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace] [ant:
easy, slow, slowly, tardily]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "apace":
PDQ, amain, at flank speed, at once, by forced marches, cursorily,
decisively, directly, double-quick, expeditiously, fast,
feverishly, flat-out, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist,
hand over hand, hastily, hell for leather, hell-bent,
hell-bent for election, helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly,
hurry-scurry, immediately, in double time, in double-quick time,
in high, in high gear, in no time, in passing,
in seven-league boots, instanter, instantly, lickety-cut,
lickety-split, on the double, on the instant, on the run,
on the spot, pell-mell, post, posthaste, pretty damned quick,
promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, right away, right off,
slapdash, smartly, snappily, speedily, straightaway, straightway,
subito, summarily, superficially, swiftly, trippingly,
under forced draft, whip and spur, with a rush, with all haste,
with all speed, with dispatch, with giant strides, with haste,
with rapid strides, with speed, without delay,
without further delay