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Webster 1913 Edition
Hastily
1.
In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
2.
Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
We
hastily
engaged in the war. Swift.
3.
Passionately; impatiently.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Hastily
HASTILY
,adv.
Half clothed, half naked, hastily retire.
1.
Rashly; precipitately; without due reflection. We hastily engaged in the war.
2.
Passionately; under sudden excitement of passion.Definition 2024
hastily
hastily
English
Adverb
hastily (comparative more hastily, superlative most hastily)
- In a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
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- (obsolete) Soon, shortly.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
- she with liquors strong his eyes did steepe, / That nothing should him hastily awake [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:quickly
Translations
in a hasty manner
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