Added 9 October 2026
apace
/əˈpeɪs/ adverb
adverb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about apace at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace.
- ↑ “apās, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 January 2018; “apace”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Origin
From Middle English apās (“step by step, slowly; quickly, rapidly; at once, promptly”), from Old French à pas (“at a quick pace”).
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)