hastily

adverb

hast·i·ly ˈhā-stə-lē

Synonyms of hastily

: in haste : hurriedly

I hastily gathered my things and left.

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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Make Sure the Hydrogen Peroxide Sits Long Enough Hydrogen peroxide needs contact time to sanitize and bleach, so don’t rush through the cleaning process by hastily wiping hydrogen peroxide away. — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 31 Aug. 2026 However, many of these advisory bodies have been eliminated, meetings canceled, and entire panels — such as CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — dismissed and then hastily reconstituted. — Debra Houry, STAT, 28 Aug. 2026 Nothing sets up a painting project for failure quite like hastily swatching samples. — Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026 And Cooper temporarily prevented the venue from closing during construction by ruling that the board had acted too hastily. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hastily

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hastily was in the 13th century

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hastily

adverb

Synonyms of hastily

Examples of hastily in a Sentence

Word History

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