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posthaste

[ pohst-heyst ]
/ ˈpoʊstˈheɪst /
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adverb

with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.

noun

Archaic. great haste.

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Origin of posthaste

First recorded in 1530–40; post3 + haste

Words nearby posthaste

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Words related to posthaste

breakneck, directly, expeditious, flat-out, fleet, hastily, hasty, headlong, lickety-split, pell-mell, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, speedily, speedy, swift, swiftly

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British Dictionary definitions for posthaste

posthaste
/ (ˈpəʊstˈheɪst) /

adverb

with great haste; as fast as possible

noun

archaic great haste
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for posthaste

posthaste
[ (pohst-hayst) ]

Immediately, with great speed: “Get the flood warning to the media posthaste.”

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