[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

apace \apace"\, adv. pref. a- + pace. oe. a pas at a walk, in
   which a is the article. see pace.
   with a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
   1913 webster

         his dewy locks did drop with brine apace. --spenser.
   1913 webster

         a visible triumph of the gospel draw? on apace. --i.
   taylor.
   1913 webster
see also:
pace 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

apace
     adv : with rapid movements; "he works quickly" syn: quickly, rapidly,
            speedily, chop-chop ant: slowly
see also:
quickly rapidly speedily chop-chop slowly 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

75 moby thesaurus words for "apace":
   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

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