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apace

adv
/əˈpeɪs/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from à pas
  2. inherited from apās

Definitions

  1. Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

    • Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace.
    • Gallop apace, you fiery footed ſteedes, / Towards Phœbus lodging, ſuch a Wagoner / As Phaeton would whip you to the weſt, / And bring in Cloudie night immediately.
    • Ow faire Hippolita, our nuptiall houre / Drawes on apace: foure happy daies bring in / Another Moon[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA