hastily

adverb

hast·​i·​ly ˈhā-stə-lē How to pronounce hastily (audio)
: in haste : 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
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Still, we get thrown into this brave new world of doors and remembrances all too hastily, without any attempts at a thematic or visual world-building. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025 The constant legal back-and-forth on the validity of some of these plans has paused processing multiple times, and now, further legal action could be triggered if the remaining claims are not hastily handled. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 By degrees of magnitude, suicide attempts by gun are the deadliest, and they may be hastily decided-upon, according to the Harvard School of Public Health's Means Matter Campaign. Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025 The shirts that are hawked outside the Coliseum today are much more hastily made. Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hastily

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hastily was in the 14th century

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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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