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Meaning of APACE

Pronunciation:  u'peys

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adv]  with rapid movements; "he works quickly"
 
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 Synonyms: chop-chop, quickly, rapidly, speedily
 
 Antonyms: easy, slow, slowly, tardily
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
      His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. --Spenser.
      A visible triumph of the gospel draws on apace. --I.
                                               Taylor.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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, PDQ, 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
 

 

 

 

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