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posthaste
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1post·haste

noun \ˈpōst-ˈhāst\

Definition of POSTHASTE

archaic
: great haste

Origin of POSTHASTE

3post
First Known Use: 1545

Rhymes with POSTHASTE

bald-faced, barefaced, bold-faced, distaste, dough-faced, foretaste, impaste, lambaste, lightfaced, moonfaced, pie-faced, po-faced, self-paced, shamefaced, shirtwaist, snail-paced, slipcased, stone-faced, straight-faced, straitlaced, toothpaste, two-faced, unchaste, unplaced, white-faced

2posthaste

adverb

Definition of POSTHASTE

: with all possible speed
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Examples of POSTHASTE

  1. <ran posthaste for the doctor>

First Known Use of POSTHASTE

1569

Related to POSTHASTE

Synonyms
apace, briskly, chop-chop, double-quick, fleetly, full tilt, hastily, hell-for-leather, hot, lickety-split, fast, presto, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, snappily, soon, speedily, swift, swiftly
Antonyms
slow, slowly

3posthaste

adjective

Definition of POSTHASTE

obsolete
: speedy, immediate <requires your…posthaste appearance — Shakespeare>

First Known Use of POSTHASTE

1604

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