posthaste

adv.
With great speed; rapidly.

n. Archaic
Great speed; rapidity.

[From the phrase haste, post, haste, a direction on letters.]

adverb

In a rapid way: apace, fast, quick, quickly. Informal flat out, hell-for-leather, lickety-split, pronto. Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in nothing flat, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash, like a house on fire, like a shot, like a streak, like greased lightning, like the wind, like wildfire. See fast/slow/velocity.

adv, adj

Definition: very fast
Antonyms: eventually, slow, slowly

---

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - i huj og hast, sporenstregs
n. - hast

Nederlands (Dutch)
spoorslags, ijlings

Français (French)
adv. - (GB) en toute hâte (arch)
n. - hâte

Deutsch (German)
adv. - schnellstens, schnell
n. - große Eile

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - ολοταχώς, επειγόντως
n. - βιασύνη

Italiano (Italian)
in fretta, fretta, frettoloso

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - a toda velocidade
n. - alta velocidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
во всю мочь

Español (Spanish)
adv. - a toda prisa, con diligencia
n. - prisa, diligencia

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - i ilfart
n. - ilfart

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
特快地, 尽快地, 特快

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 特快地, 儘快地
n. - 特快

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 급행[지급]으로
n. - (파말마, 전령의) 지급

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 大急ぎで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بأقصي سرعه ممكنه (الاسم) سرعه بالغه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮במהירות, בחיפזון‬
n. - ‮חיפזון גדול‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.