posthaste
with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
Archaic. great haste.
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How to use posthaste in a sentence
Louis not just winning, but Max Schmeling being transported to the hospital posthaste.
How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Ep. 480) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 28, 2021 | FreakonomicsIn this, the smart Republican response is self-evident: Get behind a comprehensive reform bill posthaste.
GOP on Immigration: Short-Term Gain, but Long-Term Pain | Kristen Soltis Anderson | August 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the hand of my groom, Robert Wilmay, who hath it in charge to ride posthaste.
Hildebrand | AnonymousStroble thereupon sent posthaste to his supporters for more cash, and efforts were made to get the stubborn Senate to reconsider.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 | Harris NewmarkHad he but known the agony of spirit his daughter was experiencing he would have returned posthaste to Philadelphia.
The Mystery of the Secret Band | Edith Lavell
The Rangers had brought in word that Lvis was coming posthaste to Montcalm's aid.
Canada: the Empire of the North | Agnes C. LautThese words from his physician, and the spectacle of my friend, now reduced almost to a skeleton, sent me posthaste to Serampore.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
British Dictionary definitions for posthaste
/ (ˈpəʊstˈheɪst) /
with great haste; as fast as possible
archaic great haste
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Cultural definitions for posthaste
[ (pohst-hayst) ]
Immediately, with great speed: “Get the flood warning to the media posthaste.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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