Posthaste vs Expeditiously - What's the difference?
posthaste | expeditiously | Related terms |
quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed
* 1946 — , Ch. 17
* 1602 : , act 1 scene 1 l 103-106
As adverbs the difference between posthaste and expeditiously
is that posthaste is quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed while expeditiously is in an expeditious manner.As a noun posthaste
is an alternative spelling of lang=en.posthaste
English
Alternative forms
* post-haste, post hasteAdverb
(-)- It is imperative that you finish your task posthaste .
- "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
* (quickly) ASAP, quickly * See alsoNoun
(-)- ''"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."