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Lickety-split vs Posthaste - What's the difference?

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Lickety-split is a related term of posthaste.


As adverbs the difference between lickety-split and posthaste

is that lickety-split is quickly; as fast as possible; in short order while posthaste is quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed.

As a noun posthaste is

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lickety-split

English

Adverb

  • Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order.
  • At the sound of the starting gun, they were off and running lickety-split .

    References

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    posthaste

    English

    Alternative forms

    * post-haste, post haste

    Adverb

    (-)
  • quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed
  • It is imperative that you finish your task posthaste .
  • * 1946 — , 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

    * (quickly) ASAP, quickly * See also

    Noun

    (-)
  • * 1602 : , 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."
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