Apace

Etymology
, circa 1350.

Adverb

 * 1) Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
 * Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace.
 * 1) * 1596, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 2:
 * Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds.
 * 1) * 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, lines 23-24:
 * Nothing: the autumn fall of leaves.
 * The whole year sets apace.

Synonyms

 * expeditiously
 * swiftly

Thesaurus
PDQ; amain; at flank speed; at once; by forced marches; cursorily; decisively; directly; double-quick; expeditiously; fast; feverishly; flat-out; forthwith; furiously; hand over fist; hand over hand; hastily; hell for leather; hell-bent; hell-bent for election; helter-skelter; hotfoot; hurriedly; hurry-scurry; immediately; in double time; in double-quick time; in high; in high gear; in no time; in passing; in seven-league boots; instanter; instantly; lickety-cut; lickety-split; on the double; on the instant; on the run; on the spot; pell-mell; post; posthaste; pretty damned quick; promptly; pronto; quick; quickly; rapidly; right away; right off; slapdash; smartly; snappily; speedily; straightaway; straightway; subito; summarily; superficially; swiftly; trippingly; under forced draft; whip and spur; with a rush; with all haste; with all speed; with dispatch; with giant strides; with haste; with rapid strides; with speed; without delay; without further delay

Translations

 * Russian: быстро, спешно, скоро