Synonyms for apace

Grammar : Adv

Spell : uh-peys

Phonetic Transcription : əˈpeɪs

Définition of apace

Origin : mid-14c., from a pace, literally "at a pace," but usually with a sense of "at a good pace," from a- (1) "on" + pace (n.).

adv quickly

Example sentences :

I was very uneasy to be gone; and the more as the night came on apace.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The twilight would be upon them apace––the long-lasting, purple-veiled twilight of the altitudes.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

Work apace, apace, apace, apace; Honest labour bears a lovely face.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

The spread of liberal principles and Western progress goes on apace.
Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard

The work went on apace, but in a very few years there came a serious check.
Extract from : « Oxford » by Frederick Douglas How

Since this was written the double process has gone on apace.
Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various

And after that he relapsed into silence, and his thoughts flew on apace.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

As the work approached completion, he says, death drew on apace.
Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham

The catching went on apace, and there were scant hands for the work.
Extract from : « An Iceland Fisherman » by Pierre Loti

But even when absent from Rome their work there went on apace.
Extract from : « The Contemporary Review, January 1883 » by Various

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