Apace

//əˈpeɪs// adv

adv ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Quickly, rapidly, with speed. not-comparable

    "Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with speed wordnet
  2. 2
    (poetic, literary) quickly wordnet

Synonyms

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expeditiouslyswiftlyamainat flank speedat onceby forced marches

Example

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"As bees in early summer swarm apace / through flowery fields, when forth from dale and dell / they lead the full-grown offspring of the race, / or with the liquid honey store each cell, / and make the teeming hive with nectarous sweets to swell. / These ease the comers of their loads, those drive / the drones afar. The busy work each plies, / and sweet with thyme and honey smells the hive."

Etymology

From Middle English apās (“step by step, slowly; quickly, rapidly; at once, promptly”), from Old French à pas (“at a quick pace”).

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