amain
adverb
1 amain
At full speed; with great haste.
Roget 684:
with haste,
with all haste,
with breathless speed;
in haste
etc.
adj.;
apace
etc.
(swiftly)
274;
amain†;
all at once
etc.
(instantaneously)
113;
at short notice
&c.;
immediately
etc.
(early)
132;
posthaste;
by cable,
by express,
by telegraph,
by forced marches.
hastily,
precipitately
etc.
adj.;
helter-skelter,
hurry-skurry†,
holus-bolus;
slapdash,
slap-bang;
full-tilt,
full drive;
heels over head,
head and shoulders,
headlong,
a corps perdu [Fr.].
by fits and starts,
by spurts;
hop skip and jump.
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Roget 173:
violently
etc.
adj.;
amain†;
by storm,
by force,
by main force;
with might and main;
tooth and nail,
vi et armis [Lat.],
at the point of the sword,
at the point of the bayonet;
at one fell swoop;
with a high hand,
through thick and thin;
in desperation,
with a vengeance;
a outrance†,
a toute outrance [Fr.];
headlong,
head foremost.
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