hastily
adverb
hast·i·ly
ˈhā-stə-lē 
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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In October 1941 a 14-year-old Jewish boy named Yitzhak Rudashevski sat in a crowded hiding place in Vilna Poland, hastily writing in his diary.
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Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Head coach Fabian Hurzeler needs his other main attacking players to pull their weight as well to prevent the season from petering out hastily.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The job was hastily offered to any and every teacher on staff, but nobody said yes.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
With Mercury going retrograde in this part of the sky on February 26, just don’t sign anything too rashly or hastily, because the potential for errors and misunderstandings is high right now.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
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Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Head coach Fabian Hurzeler needs his other main attacking players to pull their weight as well to prevent the season from petering out hastily.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The job was hastily offered to any and every teacher on staff, but nobody said yes.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
With Mercury going retrograde in this part of the sky on February 26, just don’t sign anything too rashly or hastily, because the potential for errors and misunderstandings is high right now.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hastily
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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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