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Webster 1913 Edition


Posthaste

Postˊhaste′

,
Noun.
Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier.
Shak.

Postˊhaste

,
adv.
With speed or expedition;
as, he traveled
posthaste
; to send
posthaste
.
Shak.

Definition 2024


posthaste

posthaste

See also: post-haste and post haste

English

Alternative forms

Adverb

posthaste (not comparable)

  1. quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed
    It is imperative that you finish your task posthaste.
    • 1946Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi, Ch. 17
      "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.

Synonyms

Noun

posthaste (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of post-haste
    • 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1 l 103-106
      "And this, I take it,
      Is the main motive of our preparations
      The source of this our watch, and the chief head
      Of this post-haste and rummage in the land."