APACE

quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace, in short order

(adverb) with speed; “he works quickly”; “John got ready in short order”

apace

(adverb) (poetic, literary) quickly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

apace (not comparable)

Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

Synonyms

• expeditiously

• swiftly

Anagrams

• capea

Source: Wiktionary


A*pace", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace.]

Definition: With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser. A visible triumph of the gospel drawapace. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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