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hastily
[heyst-l-ee]
adverb
with haste; rapidly; speedily.
Late one snowy night in Maryland, moving crews hastily loaded a line of vans and, under cover of darkness, departed the city.
without sufficient care or attention.
This book feels far less potent, and far more hastily written, than the earlier work.
unnecessarily quickly or rashly; impetuously.
Six months earlier, she had hastily married a former high school classmate.
Other 51Թ Forms
- unhastily adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hastily1
Example Sentences
Strikers took to the streets, occupied railroad depots, often with their families, waved signs, and erected tents and hastily constructed shanties.
HHS hastily reissued the report with some of those citations removed, but without disclosing the changes — an extremely unkosher action in the research community.
Followed by another, followed by a hastily abandoned chat.
He politely guffaws at the idea of a regular person like, say, this reporter, calling him for a consultation, but then hastily explains it’s because he really can’t take on any more clients.
Jacket and tieless with his dress shirt’s sleeves rolled up lopsidedly, he hastily joked, “I’m nervous, but I hope you enjoy it — and if you don’t, tell us gently.”
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When To Use
Hastily means rashly or too quickly and often carelessly.The related adjective hasty most commonly means too fast and often careless.The noun haste most commonly refers to urgency, such as in completing a task. Haste can also be used as another word for speed or swiftness. But haste also commonly means urgency or speed that is careless or reckless. This is how the word is used in the expression haste makes waste, which means that rushing things leads to mistakes. This is how hasty and hastily are most commonly used.Doing things hastily is thought to lead to mistakes. Making a decision hastily is making it too quickly, often leading to negative consequences.Hastily can also mean speedily, as in We packed up hastily and left as quickly as we could. Example: Don’t make big decisions hastily—you should always take some time to think about them.
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