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Apace vs Quickly - What's the difference?

apace | quickly |

As adverbs the difference between apace and quickly

is that apace is quickly, rapidly, with speed while quickly is rapidly; with speed; fast.

apace

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
    • Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace .
  • * 1596 , , Romeo and Juliet , act 3, sc. 2:
    • Gallop apace , you fiery-footed steeds.
  • * 1850 , , The Blessed Damozel , lines 23-24:
    • Nothing: the autumn fall of leaves.
    The whole year sets apace .

    Synonyms

    * expeditiously * swiftly

    References

    quickly

    English

    Adverb

    (quicker)
  • rapidly; with speed; fast
  • Very soon
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
    Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.}}
    If we go this way, we'll get there quickly .

    Usage notes

    * Although the comparative and superlative one-word forms exist and are in use, the two-word forms are more common.

    Related terms

    * quick (adjective)

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