Definition of apace in English:
apace
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adverb
1 literary Swiftly; quickly.
‘the vaccine rollout continues apace’- ‘the city's population was growing apace, with its ever-expanding boundaries swallowing up many outlying villages’
- ‘Work on the last minute feature continues apace, with it being dropped onto the page and lined up nicely today, and almost ready for proofing by six.’
- ‘There was no hard landing and housing construction continued apace.’
- ‘Plans are continuing apace for the Fairymount National School centenary celebrations later in the year.’
- ‘Team-building is also continuing apace at Hunslet whose second row forward Sean Ibbetson is reckoned to be a Knights target.’
- ‘Preparations for the new season at Gigg Lane continue apace.’
quickly, fast, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, briskly, without delay, post-haste, expeditiously, at full speed, at full tiltView synonyms2apace with or apace ofAt the same speed or rate as.
‘firms are trying to keep apace with all of the economic upheaval’- ‘the facilities have not grown apace with the population explosion’
- ‘simply keeping apace of these changes has proved a daunting task for all educational institutions’
quickly, fast, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, briskly, without delay, post-haste, expeditiously, at full speed, at full tiltView synonyms
Pronunciation
Origin
Late Middle English from Old French a pas ‘at (a considerable) pace’.
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