hastily — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

behind, calculated, done, packed

VERB + HASTILY

answer, dressed, eat, moved, spoke, written

HASTILY + NOUN

bags, essay, fleas, knowledge, maid, mrs, opinion, people

PREP.

down, from

ADV.

clearly, unobtrusively

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 [...].

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — in a hurried or hasty manner

hurriedly

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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 a

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02

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 Q

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03

Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.]

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04

Hastily acquired knowledge was not enough to solve the problem.

Tatoeba · #35865

05

Do not answer hastily.

Tatoeba · #238422

06

I calculated hastily.

Tatoeba · #256849

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, hastily is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.