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  1. posthasteadverb

    quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed

    It is imperative that you finish your task posthaste.

  2. Etymology: From the former instruction on letters ‘haste, post, haste’, later reinterpreted as a compound of post + haste.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Posthastenoun

    Haste like that of a courier.

    Etymology: post and haste.

    This is
    The source of this our watch, and the chief head
    Of this posthaste and romage in the land. William Shakespeare.

    The duke
    Requires your haste, posthaste appearance,
    Ev’n on the instant. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    This man tells us, that the world waxes old, though not in posthaste. George Hakewill, on Providence.

Wikipedia

  1. Posthaste

    Posthaste is the second studio album by the band OHMphrey, released on April 10, 2012 through Magna Carta Records. It features two additional live tracks that were recorded at Winston's in San Diego, California from a concert in 2009.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Posthastenoun

    haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier

  2. Posthasteadverb

    with speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of posthaste in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of posthaste in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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