posthaste
adverb
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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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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Moby thesaurus: amain, apace, at flank speed, breakneck, by airmail, by cable, by express, by return mail, by telegraph, double-quick, expeditious, expeditiously, express, fast, flat-out, fleet, full tilt, hand over fist, hand over hand, hastily, hasty, hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, in double time, in double-quick time, in high, in high gear, in posthaste, in seven-league boots, lickety-cut, lickety-split, on the double, post, promptly, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, snappily, speedily, speedy, swift, swiftly, trippingly, under forced draft, whip and spur, with all haste, with giant strides, with rapid strides, with speed ... show more.
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