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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Local media reported the bodies were transported in a government vehicle by unidentified individuals and buried hastily, with some gravediggers later alerting police.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The gate also has several holes and breaches that have been hastily repaired.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Another young woman dripped blood down her nose from a gash hastily covered by a strip of fabric tied around her forehead just blocks away, while still walking into the masses along the route with her friends.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
In Florida alone, he was transferred about a dozen times to various immigration detention centers, including Alligator Alcatraz, hastily erected last summer by the DeSantis administration in the middle of the Everglades.
—Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The gate also has several holes and breaches that have been hastily repaired.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Another young woman dripped blood down her nose from a gash hastily covered by a strip of fabric tied around her forehead just blocks away, while still walking into the masses along the route with her friends.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
In Florida alone, he was transferred about a dozen times to various immigration detention centers, including Alligator Alcatraz, hastily erected last summer by the DeSantis administration in the middle of the Everglades.
—Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 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 7 Apr. 2026.
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