hastily

UK /ˈheɪstɪli/ US /ˈheɪstɪli/
adv 2

Definitions

adv

1

In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly.

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.

The last occasion on which the Kaiser [Wilhelm II] used this train was for an inglorious journey into Holland towards the end of the 1914 war. He spent the night in it at Eysden [Eijsden], while the Queen of the Netherlands and a hastily summoned Cabinet debated what to do with him.

2

Soon, shortly.

she with liquors strong his eyes did steepe, / That nothing should him hastily awake [...].

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