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as in hurriedly
with excessive or careless speed
the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors
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2
as in quickly
with great speed
the congresswoman hastily made her way towards the waiting elevator
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Recent Examples of hastily
The budget was hastily passed in the last two days of the legislative session to meet a June 1 deadline.
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Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
The United States has already seen what happens when a major weather catastrophe arrives shortly after a president hastily rearranges FEMA.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Floridians deserve to know that utility investments are grounded in thorough planning, not made hastily or based solely on industry input.
—Dawn Shirreffs, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
Her team hastily designed a sliding-scale lockdown system.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
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Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
The United States has already seen what happens when a major weather catastrophe arrives shortly after a president hastily rearranges FEMA.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Floridians deserve to know that utility investments are grounded in thorough planning, not made hastily or based solely on industry input.
—Dawn Shirreffs, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
Her team hastily designed a sliding-scale lockdown system.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hastily
Adverb
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Intelligence Explosion On The Way To AGI The moonshot path entails a sudden and generally unexpected radical breakthrough that swiftly transforms conventional AI into AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The combination of Prevost’s formal but reformist education and long fieldwork among people with very little but each other to insulate them from hardship was perhaps what drew Pope Francis to swiftly raise his standing at the Vatican as the Pontiff saw the dying of the light.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
1 July 2025
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So being able to channel that going forward, he’s got some of that Cam Spencer crazy competitiveness, he’s got to learn to channel it like Cam, go from cursing and slamming the ball to getting back on task quicker.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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The air rotor creates a powerful swirl of air, while the cylinder body design means that air flows more efficiently for quicker drying and sterilization.—
Olivia Campbell,
Parents,
24 June 2025
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The larger the gaps, the faster the sucker will lose its grip.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 June 2025
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But this woody vine can escape the arbor and head up a tree faster than a squirrel with a dachshund on its trail.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
Adverb
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Other liberty trees soon arose, and patriots often gathered beneath the branches seeking wisdom and support.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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Deighton said the company plans to add more technicians and apprentices soon, adding that finding qualified people is challenging because U.K. universities are not teaching processes like laser design.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
25 June 2025
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Deputies promptly secured the scene and returned the following day with agents and analysts from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), as well as two cadaver dog teams from Colorado Forensic Canines, authorities added.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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This depends on your criteria, but UEFA Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain came into this tournament as the presumptive best team and promptly produced the most impressive win of the group stage, dismantling Atletico Madrid 4-0 in the sweltering heat of the Rose Bowl.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hastily. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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