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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hurriedly, hastily, in hasteadverb

    in a hurried or hasty manner

    "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice"

Wiktionary

  1. hastilyadverb

    In a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.

  2. hastilyadverb

    Soon, shortly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hastilyadjective

    Etymology: from hasty.

    A voice, that called loud and clear,
    Come hither, hither, O come hastily! Fa. Queen.

    If your grace incline that we should live,
    You must not, sir, too hastily forgive. Edmund Waller.

    The next to danger, hot pursu’d by fate,
    Half cloth’d, half naked, hastily retire. Dryden.

    Without considering consequences, we hastily engaged in a war which hath cost us sixty millions. Jonathan Swift.

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  1. hastily

    Hastily refers to doing something with excessive speed or urgency; rushed or in a hurry. It can suggest a lack of care, thought, or detailed consideration due to the quickness of the action.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hastilyadverb

    in haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly

  2. Hastilyadverb

    without due reflection; precipitately; rashly

  3. Hastilyadverb

    passionately; impatiently

  4. Etymology: [From Hasty.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hastily in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hastily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hastily in a Sentence

  1. Saadi:

    Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

  2. Mr Wrighton:

    At that time, and without more context on the origin or intent of the posters, I responded hastily to the student, writing that I, too, was concerned. University staff also responded to ensure the posters were removed. These responses were mistakes. Every member of the GW community should feel welcome and supported, but I should have taken more time to understand the entire situation before commenting, i have since learned from our university’s scholars that the posters were designed by a Chinese-Australian artist, Badiucao, and they are a critique of China’s policies. Upon full understanding, I do not view these posters as racist ; they are political statements.

  3. P. G. Wodehouse:

    Henry glanced hastily at the mirror. Yes, he did look rather old. He must have overdone some of the lines on his forehead. He looked something between a youngish centenarian and a nonagenarian who had seen a good deal of trouble.

  4. Dermot Shea:

    This series of reforms that were done. That we said you know, we support but that were done hastily, and done without the input of law enforcement, and we're dealing with it still today, that's got to be the number one issue there's no doubt because it's, as I just said, it's the city that we all love so much. And to see it pulled down in many ways is, is really hard to watch.

  5. Publilius Syrus:

    Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

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