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More words related to hastily

crazily
adv. furiously
  • hastily
  • insanely
  • irrationally
  • madly
  • maniacally
  • psychotically
  • rabidly
  • rashly
  • ravingly
  • wildly
  • witlessly

headfirst
adv. recklessly
  • carelessly
  • hastily
  • rashly

impulsively
adv. imprudently
  • carelessly
  • foolishly
  • hastily
  • impetuously
  • rashly

helter-skelter
adj. with undue hurry and confusion
  • arbitrary
  • carelessly
  • chaotic
  • confused
  • disorderly
  • haphazard
  • hastily
  • hit or miss
  • hurried
  • hurry-scurry
  • in disorder
  • random
  • recklessly
  • slapdash

swiftly
adv. very fast
  • apace
  • double-quick
  • expeditiously
  • flat-out
  • fleetly
  • full tilt
  • hastily
  • hotfoot
  • hurriedly
  • posthaste
  • promptly
  • quick
  • quickly
  • rapidly
  • speedily
  • swift
  • without warning

rashly
adv. brashly
  • abruptly
  • boldly
  • carelessly
  • daringly
  • excitedly
  • expeditiously
  • feverishly
  • fiercely
  • foolishly
  • frantically
  • furiously
  • hastily
  • headily
  • headlong
  • headstrongly
  • heedlessly
  • hurriedly
  • ill-advisedly
  • impetuously
  • imprudently
  • impulsively
  • inadvisedly
  • incautiously
  • indiscreetly
  • indomitably
  • irresponsibly
  • madly
  • passionately
  • precipitantly
  • precipitately
  • precipitously
  • recklessly
  • speedily
  • thoughtlessly
  • unpreparedly
  • unthinkingly
  • unwarily
  • unwisely
  • wildly

speedily
adv. rapidly
  • abruptly
  • directly
  • fast
  • hastily
  • hurriedly
  • instantaneously
  • promptly
  • quickly

urgently
adv. insistently
  • anxious
  • beseechingly
  • compellingly
  • eagerly
  • earnestly
  • emotionally
  • enthusiastically
  • excitedly
  • frantically
  • gravely
  • hastily
  • imperiously
  • impetuously
  • imploringly
  • importunately
  • persuasively
  • precipitately
  • vigorously
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Word Origin & History

hasty mid-14c., "speedy, quick," from O.Fr. hasti, hastif (Mod.Fr. hâtif), from haste (Mod.Fr. hâte); see haste. Meaning "requiring haste" is late 14c. (the sense in hasty pudding, 1590s, so called because it was made quickly); that of "rash" is from early 15c.

Example Sentences for hastily

The alderman saw no reason to repent his decision, hastily as it had been made.

"It's all right, Fannie," Aggie said hastily to the flustered maid.

Chip blushed under the praise and hastily answered the question.

Hastily he uncorked the left-hand bottle, and was immediately reassured.

Belinda hastily withdrew her eyes from the picture at which she was looking.

The carriage stopped, and Marriott hastily jumped out of it.

It was already half filled with Dyaks, some of whom were hastily manning the oars.

"Yes, that was it," Roland put in hastily, seeing his chance to mend matters.

"Oh, no; not a bit of danger of that," returned Brentwick hastily.

Grant sat up, muttered to himself, and hastily pulled on some clothes.

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