hurried
adjective
, ˈhə-rəd\
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, ˈhə-rəd- \
adverb
, ˈhə-rēd- \
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for hurried
Synonyms
cursory, drive-by, flying, gadarene, hasty, headlong, helter-skelter, overhasty, pell-mell, precipitate, precipitous, rash, rushed
Antonyms
deliberate, unhurried, unrushed
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After evacuation by state troopers came the hurried walk across the schoolyard to the fire station. — Loren Kleinman And Amye Archer, Marie Claire, "I’m a Survivor of Sandy Hook. This Is What The Past Six Years Have Been Like.," 14 Dec. 2018 The hurried life came to an abrupt halt on Monday when he was arrested in Tokyo on financial charges. — John D. Stoll, WSJ, "Ghosn’s ‘Bigger-Than-Life’ Personality Increasingly Rare in Global Car Business," 19 Nov. 2018 The bill was written in a hurried and ill-considered process, and received very little input from those affected by the legislation. — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, "The Cybersecurity 202: Big tech is going after California's new privacy law," 3 July 2018 On Thursday, the third straight day of relatively little rain at the cave complex raised speculation that Thai officials were considering a hurried evacuation attempt. — New York Times, BostonGlobe.com, "Good weather, tough circumstances in Thailand cave rescue," 5 July 2018 There's a distinct shift in the room's energy as the director and camera operator work with quiet, hurried motions to capture the on-screen couple's adrenaline. — Inna Shnayder, Allure, "Why Porn-Industry Icon Erika Lust Is Inviting Female Directors to Make Their First Adult Films," 28 June 2018 Their quiet and hurried actions contrasted with the look of them: a team of burly men with bushy eyebrows and sagging jowls wearing loud orange vests, worn jeans, heavy black shoes and yellow hardhats. — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, "Algren Award runner-up: "Here Is Where the Taxi Driver Set His Wife on Fire" by GKS Waller," 2 June 2018 The announcement to cancel major exercises set off a series of hurried top-level consultations between U.S. and South Korean officials, including between Mr. Mattis and his South Korean counterpart. — WSJ, "U.S., South Korea Cancel Major War Game Planned for August," 19 June 2018 That hurried mistake was due to the pressure brought into his face by then-Yale linebacker and current Cardinals minicamp member Matthew Oplinger. — Atreya Verma, azcentral, "Cardinals' Ivy League rookies eager to prove themselves at 'grown man's' level," 17 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hurried.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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