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postehaste

postehaste adverb: as fast as possible; with all possible haste.

Adverb

postehaste (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) As fast as possible; with all possible haste.
    • While in captivity he came to learn that a fresh raid on Nalanda was brewing, and managed to transmit a message of warning to his master advising him to free postehaste.2002, R. Panth, Nalanda and Buddhism

Noun

postehaste

  1. (archaic) Great haste.

Forms of postehaste

alternative formposte-haste

Questions about postehaste

What does postehaste mean?
Postehaste means as fast as possible; with all possible haste.
What part of speech is postehaste?
Postehaste can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near postehaste in the dictionary

  1. postedits
  2. postee
  3. posteen
  4. posteens
  5. postees
  6. postehaste
  7. postejaculatory
  8. postejection
  9. Postel
  10. Postel's law
  11. postelection

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