adv
posthaste
Posthaste (adv) means Very quickly, without any delay.
adv
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Very quickly, without any delay.
"It is imperative that you finish your task posthaste."
""Sasi cannot last through the night." These words from his physician, and the spectacle of my friend, now reduced almost to a skeleton, sent me posthaste to Serampore."
— Paramahansa Yogananda, Chapter 17 (1946)
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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 very quickly, without any delay.
What is another word for posthaste?
Other words for "posthaste" include asap, quickly.
