apace
adverb
1 apace
poetic, literary Quickly.
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 274:
swiftly
etc.
adj.;
with speed
etc.
n.;
apace;
at a great rate,
at full speed,
at railway speed;
full drive,
full gallop;
posthaste,
in full sail,
tantivy†;
trippingly;
instantaneously
etc.
113.
under press of sail,
under press of canvas,
under press of sail and steam;
velis et remis [Lat.],
on eagle's wing,
in double quick time;
with rapid strides,
with giant strides;
a pas de geant [Fr.];
in seven league boots;
whip and spur;
ventre a terre [Fr.];
as fast as one's legs will carry one,
as fast as one's heels will carry one;
as fast as one can lay legs to the ground,
at the top of one's speed;
by leaps and bounds;
with haste
etc.
684.
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2 apace
With speed.
synonyms: chop-chop, in short order, quickly, rapidly, speedily.
Roget 132:
early,
soon,
anon,
betimes,
rath†;
eft,
eftsoons;
ere long,
before long,
shortly;
beforehand;
prematurely
etc.
adj.;
precipitately
etc.
(hastily)
684;
too soon;
before its time,
before one's time;
in anticipation;
unexpectedly
etc.
508.
suddenly
etc.
(instantaneously)
113;
before one can say 'Jack Robinson',"
at short notice,
extempore;
on the spur of the moment,
on the spur of the occasion
[Bacon];
at once;
on the spot,
on the instant;
at sight;
offhand,
out of hand;
a' vue d'oeil [Fr.];
straight,
straightway,
straightforth†;
forthwith,
incontinently,
summarily,
immediately,
briefly,
shortly,
quickly,
speedily,
apace,
before the ink is dry,
almost immediately,
presently at the first opportunity,
in no long time,
by and by,
in a while,
directly.
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Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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