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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The bill Newsom signed was in response to a law lawmakers hastily passed at the end of the 2024 legislative session, watering down the state’s 55-year-old landmark lemon law.
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
The bill Newsom signed was in response to a law lawmakers hastily passed at the end of the 2024 legislative session, watering down the state’s 55-year-old landmark lemon law.
—Calmatters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2025
Pennywise remembers their 1908 encounter and hastily eats the general’s face.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
So the students in the lab fled hastily, leaving behind belongings, in his case a jacket in 37-degree weather in Providence tonight.
—Sophie Comeau, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
The bill Newsom signed was in response to a law lawmakers hastily passed at the end of the 2024 legislative session, watering down the state’s 55-year-old landmark lemon law.
—Calmatters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2025
Pennywise remembers their 1908 encounter and hastily eats the general’s face.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
So the students in the lab fled hastily, leaving behind belongings, in his case a jacket in 37-degree weather in Providence tonight.
—Sophie Comeau, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
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 17 Jan. 2026.
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