Dictionary Entry

apace

Part of SpeechadverbPronunciation/əˈpeɪs/Used In Literature ↓

Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

In a Sentence

“Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace.”

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Common Phrases

. apaceapace grewapace proceededapace continuedapace proceedingapace growingapace grow

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Poetry examples for “apace”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The Baron now his Diamonds pours apace;
The embroider'd King who shows but half his face,

But as the echoing chorus died away
And to their dreams the rest returned apace,
By the one spirit I saw him kneeling low,

The ship is driving, driving,
It drives apace:
And sleepers smile, and spirits

Rejoicing to be free.
And, now, because the dark comes on apace
When none can work for fear,

Nothing: the Autumn-fall of leaves.
The whole year sets apace.)

But now is time, I guess, homeward to go:
Then rise, ye blessed flocks! and home apace,
Lest night with stealing steps do you foreslow,

Then make thee wings of thine aspiring wit,
And, whence thou cam'st, fly back to heaven apace.

Else had he sore been daunted.
But see, the welkin thicks apace,
And stooping Phœbus steeps his face;

Roses, gathered for a vase,
In that chamber died apace,
Beam and breeze resigning.

As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn
By a beating heart at dance-time. Hopes apace
Were changed to long despairs, till God’s own grace