hastily

adverb

hast·​i·​ly ˈhā-stə-lē 

: in haste : hurriedly

I hastily gathered my things and left.

Synonyms of hastily

• 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

Recent Examples on the Web

However, companies that hastily replaced human judgment with AI are now facing the cost of rehiring, learning that AI is a task replacer, not a complete human substitute, requiring careful integration and supervision. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation want the state and feds to confirm in federal court that the controversial immigration detention center hastily erected in the Everglades has permanently closed and will not reopen. — Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

While the three-paragraph Puck item was hastily aggregated by other media outlets, giving the inaccurate impression a deal was imminent, it also was based on a key assumption. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026

Tents had been hastily set up to house immigrant detainees, and much of the facility, which is known as Camp East Montana, was still under construction when the first people began to arrive. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above