Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a hasty manner; quickly; speedily.
- Precipitately; rashly; from sudden impulse or excitement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
- adverb Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
- adverb Passionately; impatiently.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
hasty manner;quickly ,hurriedly . - adverb obsolete
Soon ,shortly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a hurried or hasty manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Doctors, lawyers, and dentists began throwing up turbines or buying shares in hastily erected wind farms to take easy advantage of the benefits.
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Amylin hastily scheduled a conference call with analysts and investors Tuesday to discuss the FDA's action.
U.S. Delays Approval of Diabetes Treatment Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010
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Reacting and creating legislation hastily is not good government.
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Doctors, lawyers, and dentists began throwing up turbines or buying shares in hastily erected wind farms to take easy advantage of the benefits.
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“Goodbye, Arden,” I called hastily, peeking from around the tree and waving.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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“Goodbye, Arden,” I called hastily, peeking from around the tree and waving.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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“Goodbye, Arden,” I called hastily, peeking from around the tree and waving.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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“Goodbye, Arden,” I called hastily, peeking from around the tree and waving.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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Once home I take those notes, sometimes just a phrase hastily scrawled, and flesh it out into a story.
Why I Love the Doctor's Office Dark Worlds Club 2009
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A documenter's journal rested on my lap, capturing empirical relevance in hastily scribbled notes.
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