posthaste

noun

post·haste | \ ˈpōst-ˈhāst

Definition of posthaste

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archaic

: great haste

posthaste

adverb

Definition of posthaste (Entry 2 of 3)

: with all possible speed

posthaste

adjective

Definition of posthaste (Entry 3 of 3)

obsolete

: speedy, immediate requires your … posthaste appearance— William Shakespeare

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Adverb

In the 16th century, "haste, post, haste" was used to inform "posts," as couriers were then called, that a letter was urgent and must be hastily delivered. Posts would then speedily gallop along a route with a series of places at which to get a fresh horse or to relay the letter to a fresh messenger. Shakespeare was one of the first to use a version of the phrase adverbially in Richard II. "Old John of Gaunt . . . hath sent post haste / To entreat your Majesty to visit him," the Bard versified. He also used the phrase as an adjective in Othello (a use that is now obsolete): "The Duke . . . requires your haste-post-haste appearance," Lieutenant Cassio reports to the play's namesake.

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ran posthaste for the doctor

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posthaste

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English Language Learners Definition of posthaste

literary : very quickly : with great speed

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