paced

adjective

ˈpāst 

: moving or progressing at a stated speed

—used in combination

a fast-paced action movie

… this slow-paced city of courtly manners and stately architecture …

—Alison Gregor

People who like escapist fiction want a quick-paced read that will entertain and provide certain personal requisites.

—Ronn Kaiser

Examples of paced in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The spousal songwriting team of Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin unapologetically embraces silliness, and this tour’s cast strikes a fine balance between being convincing and cartoonish in a briskly paced and consistently fun production. —Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025

There was no call for a supersize finale, because the season that preceded it was so exquisitely paced and desperately tragic. —Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2025

Star Wars Unlimited is a fast paced card game where players build decks around specific people and places from the various films, TV shows and books about Star Wars. —Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025

Fast paced, unafraid to be sad, comedic and weird all in the same episode, the series set the groundwork for decades of medical shows to follow. —Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1523, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing paced

• self-paced
• snail-paced
• thorough-paced

Rhymes for paced

• abased
• barefaced
• debased
• defaced
• disgraced
• displaced
• distaste
• effaced
• embraced
• emplaced
• encased
• erased