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Swiftly vs Posthaste - What's the difference?

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Swiftly is a related term of posthaste.


As adverbs the difference between swiftly and posthaste

is that swiftly is in a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly while posthaste is quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed.

As a noun posthaste is

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swiftly

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    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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