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Snappy is a related term of posthaste.


As an adjective snappy

is (label) rapid and without delay.

As an adverb posthaste is

quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed.

As a noun posthaste is

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snappy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (label) Rapid and without delay.
    • (=hurry up)
  • (label) Irritable.
  • (label) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.
  • Chilly, brisk, sharp.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:

    Synonyms

    * (rapid and without delay) fast, immediate, quick * (irritable) irritable, peevish, testy, tetchy

    Derived terms

    * make it snappy

    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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