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posthaste

[pohst-heyst] / ˈpoʊstˈheɪst /
ADJECTIVE
fast
Synonyms
WEAK
at once breakneck directly double-quick expeditious flat-out fleet fleetly full tilt hastily hasty headlong lickety-split pell-mell promptly pronto quick quickly rapid rapidly speedily speedy straightaway swift swiftly
ADVERB
fast
Synonyms
WEAK
at once breakneck directly double-quick expeditious flat-out fleet fleetly full tilt hastily hasty headlong lickety-split pell-mell promptly pronto quick quickly rapid rapidly speedily speedy straightaway swift swiftly

Example Sentences

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“Anora” fans must catch up with Manning Walker’s debut posthaste.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

Unsurprisingly, the birds trashed the room, leaving tour manager John Courage to remove them posthaste.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2024

Grandpa had a bad fall, and his shrewish second wife wants him carted off to a nursing home posthaste.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

That production, directed by Deborah Warner at the Old Vic in 2016, reaped such ecstatic notices for its star that it was widely assumed it would be crossing the Atlantic posthaste.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2019

Obviously you need to get back to Redwall posthaste.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.