Hastily

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hastily \Has"ti*ly\ (h[=a]s"t[i^]*l[y^]), adv. [From {Hasty}.]
     1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
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     2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
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              We hastily engaged in the war.        --Swift.
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     3. Passionately; impatiently. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hastily
       adv : 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" [syn: {hurriedly},
              {in haste}] [ant: {unhurriedly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  130 Moby Thesaurus words for "hastily":
     a corps perdu, abruptly, agilely, amain, apace, at flank speed,
     at half cock, at once, bang, by forced marches, carelessly,
     cursorily, dash, desperately, directly, double-quick,
     expeditiously, fast, feverishly, flat-out, furiously,
     hand over fist, hand over hand, happen what may, head over heels,
     headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head,
     hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election,
     helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotfoot, hotheadedly, hurriedly,
     hurry-scurry, immediately, impetuously, impulsively, in a flash,
     in a rush, in a wink, in double time, in double-quick time,
     in high, in high gear, in passing, in seven-league boots,
     incautiously, instantaneously, instantly, lickety-cut,
     lickety-split, like a flash, like a shot, like a thunderbolt,
     like crazy, like greased lightning, like mad, madly, nimbly,
     of a sudden, on short notice, on the double, on the run,
     overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overhastily, oversoon,
     overzealously, pell-mell, plop, plump, plunk, pop, post, posthaste,
     precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, prematurely, promptly,
     pronto, quick, quickly, ramble-scramble, rapidly, rashly,
     recklessly, right away, sharp, slam-bang, slap, slap-bang,
     slapdash, smack, snappily, speedily, startlingly, sudden, suddenly,
     superficially, surprisingly, swiftly, thoughtlessly, too early,
     too soon, trippingly, unawares, under forced draft, unexpectedly,
     unpremeditatedly, unthinkingly, untimely, wantonly, whip and spur,
     wildly, with a rush, with all haste, with dispatch,
     with giant strides, with haste, with rapid strides, with speed,
     without delay, without notice, without warning