hastily
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3.5
- adverb
- /ˈheɪstəli/
:
apresuradamente
- She hastily packed her bags and rushed to the airport.
- hastily prepared
- hastily assembled
- hastily constructed
But I think a lot of times there can be a tendency to take something out too hastily.
- But I think a lot of times there can be a tendency to take something out too hastily.
- The metaphors buried in children's playgrounds, under hastily raised crosses, dead in unnatural poses by the gates of houses covered in dust.
- He also talks about actions performed hastily, that is, quickly and unpremeditatedly.
- Which is why we must be very quiet, for underneath each of these hastily fashion tents are the band members sound asleep.
Examples
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In the morning room, Charlotte looked around hastily to make some judgment of the woman whose house this was.
Fiction book (1990) -
Minutes later, there was a hastily added conference with Secretary of Defense McNamara.
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The title Long Jack had hastily been written on its back.
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Above all, let's not judge him too hastily.
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Sorry to tell you, we feel the position of the bridge was fixed hastily... and, I have to add, incorrectly.
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I beseech you, do not condemn this king too hastily.
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Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
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We form opinions about others so quickly, so hastily, so impulsively, so superficially, without knowing much about them or their situations.
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However, a special working meeting was hastily arranged in Reykjavik, Iceland, before then, in October 1986.
Academic text (1990) -
Thunder growled in the distance, and Heikki hastily shut the cat's door.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
At a fast speed or without delay
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1.0
Quickly and smoothly
23
3.2
Acting quickly with little care
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5.3
Quickly while you do something, without planning
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2.8
Quickly and without careful thought
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5.6
Act quickly without thinking about the bad results
6
2.4
To act quickly without delay
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3.0
It happens very quickly with little effort
3
7.4
As quickly as possible
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8.3
Very quickly without careful thought
Doing many things quickly because there is little time
Antonyms
How Hasty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hastily comes from the word haste, an old word for 'speed' or 'hurry', and is the adverb form of hasty. Think of doing something 'with haste' — moving so fast you may make mistakes — so to act hastily is to do something quickly and often without care.