hastily

adverb

hast·​i·​ly ˈhā-stə-lē How to pronounce hastily (audio)
: in haste : hurriedly

Examples of hastily in a Sentence

the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors the congresswoman hastily made her way towards the waiting elevator
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The soldier went hastily to Chépart, but the commandant was recovering from a night of drunken debauchery and dismissed the warnings. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024 Iman, meanwhile, is tormented in his new job, which requires him to hastily process countless new arrest cases by the day. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024 Some have cigarettes tucked behind their ears, while others scratch at wonky tattoos hastily drawn on with Sharpie. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024 Four of those had been entered into the federal CODIS DNA database and had to be hastily removed. Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hastily 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hastily was in the 14th century

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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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