as in hastily
with excessive or careless speed
hurriedly dashed off a note to let them know she'd been called away for an emergency
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Recent Examples of hurriedly
The others are hurriedly opening your food.
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Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
His eyes strained to decipher the hurriedly ornate calligraphy, which often bled to the other side of the sheet, making the documents even harder to read.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Multiple bilateral meetings aimed at finding a solution to the increasingly fraught war of words are being hurriedly arranged.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
But in this case, Woodbridge residents balked so loudly that the local zoning commission this month hurriedly rolled back its new, more permissive rules for multifamily residential complexes.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
Fast-forward to them being pulled over by the side of the boarding line, having to hurriedly transfer essentials between their personal item bag and their carry-on.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
In a gymnasium in the northeastern Thai city of Surin, around 550 people are waiting out the combat, many having hurriedly fled after the first shots were fired Sunday.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Sauer, after a pause, hurriedly repeated a few of his earlier points and concluded that Humphrey should be reversed.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Niger state hurriedly closed down all schools after Friday's attack, while some federal colleges in conflict hot spots across the region were also closed by the Nigerian government.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2025
Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
His eyes strained to decipher the hurriedly ornate calligraphy, which often bled to the other side of the sheet, making the documents even harder to read.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Multiple bilateral meetings aimed at finding a solution to the increasingly fraught war of words are being hurriedly arranged.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
But in this case, Woodbridge residents balked so loudly that the local zoning commission this month hurriedly rolled back its new, more permissive rules for multifamily residential complexes.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
Fast-forward to them being pulled over by the side of the boarding line, having to hurriedly transfer essentials between their personal item bag and their carry-on.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
In a gymnasium in the northeastern Thai city of Surin, around 550 people are waiting out the combat, many having hurriedly fled after the first shots were fired Sunday.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Sauer, after a pause, hurriedly repeated a few of his earlier points and concluded that Humphrey should be reversed.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Niger state hurriedly closed down all schools after Friday's attack, while some federal colleges in conflict hot spots across the region were also closed by the Nigerian government.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurriedly
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Budapest has hosted several annual iterations of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, and another was hastily rescheduled this year to fall in March, just before Hungary's elections.—
MATTHEW LEE,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Back in November, the organization’s two Arizona chapters hastily organized food and formula drives to combat heightened food insecurity caused by SNAP Benefit cuts during the government shutdown.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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Our next step is to understand how cells controlling hesitation interact with drugs treating ADHD and OCD, conditions where patients can respond impulsively during volatile or uncertain situations.—
Eric Yttri,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Make Impulse Purchases People with organized homes are mindful not to buy things impulsively, explains Kristen Ziegler, the founder of Minima in Richmond, Virginia.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Hurriedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurriedly. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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