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posthaste

Posthaste (adv) means Quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed.

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Quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed.
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Etymology

From the former instruction on letters ‘haste, post, haste’, later reinterpreted as a compound of post + haste.

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What is the meaning of posthaste?

"posthaste" (adv) means quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed.

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