Entry Word: hastily

Function: adverb

Meaning: 1 with excessive or careless speed <the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors>

Synonyms cursorily, headlong, hotfoot, hurriedly, pell-mell, precipitately, precipitously, rashly

Related Words headily, hotheadedly, impatiently, impetuously, impulsively, recklessly, thoughtlessly; automatically, glancingly, haphazardly; impromptu, spontaneously; abruptly, suddenly; offhand, offhandedly

Phrases on the spur of the moment

Near Antonyms calculatingly, circumspectly, designedly; falteringly, hesitantly, hesitatingly, tentatively; leisurely, slowly

Antonyms deliberately, studiedly

2 with great speed <hastily cleaned up the mess before her parents walked in> — see fast 1