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

  Hurried \Hur"ried\, a.
     1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a
        hurried writer; a hurried life.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried


        job. "A hurried meeting." --Milton. -- {Hur"ried*ly}, adv.
        -- {Hur"ried*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hurriedness
       n : overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon
           regretted his haste" [syn: {haste}, {hastiness}, {hurry},
            {precipitation}]

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

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "hurriedness":
     barrel, beeline, bowl along, breeze, bucket, bullet, bustle,
     dig in, dust, fleet, flit, fly, go like lightning, haste, hasten,
     highball, hotfoot, hustle, jog, make tracks, nip, peg, pelt, post,
     rock, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scour, skeet, skin, smoke, speed,
     stave, step on it, tatter, trot, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip
  
  

















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