apace

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English apās (“step by step, slowly; quickly, rapidly; at once, promptly”), from Old French à pas (“at a quick pace”).

The long journey bids us move apace.' — The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno, Dante Alighieri
The Sun beneath the waves retires; Night speeds apace her empire to restore: Clouds from my sight obscure the village-spires, Now seen but faintly, and now seen no more. — The Monk: A Romance, M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis
God, who is full of mercy, caused her to delay a little; and while she passes in review her sorrow and her misfortune, behold there comes riding apace a Count with numerous suite, who from afar had heard the lady's loud outcry. — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien

quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop

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