What does hastily mean?

Definitions for hastily
hasti·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hastily.

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.

ChatGPT

  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. Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni:

    Because of the battlefield, they had little choices in terms of where to bury them, they had to bury them hastily, after the battle, we know that [the British] spent the night in Ridgefield - that gave them the time to strip the bodies and bury them.

  2. Publilius Syrus:

    Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

  3. Proverb:

    It is the very backbone of wisdom not to trust too hastily.

  4. Konstantin Senchenko:

    I apologize. I was wrong. I acted hastily and emotionally. I am really sorry.

  5. Ana Maria Salazar:

    This is someone who was trained to protect the national sovereignty, not someone who handles migrants. And these are the worries in forming a National Guard so hastily, you can't expect that from one day to the next, a soldier that is trained to protect the territory against enemies of the state will now be responsible for people that are trying to cross illegally into the country. These are very different missions and this is reflected in the images and what the commander says.

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