hastily
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Others took inventory of the hastily packed belongings in their trunks or snoozed as comfortably as they could in plastic chairs at the evacuation site.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
On view were hastily brushed, large canvases of musketeers, toreadors, atelier scenes and cavorting couples.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Correspondents then raced to the mansion for a hastily arranged presidential press conference.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026
Having been taken ill during a pre-season match for Leicestershire against Cambridge University, the England international batter drove back to Nottingham for a hastily arranged doctor appointment he hoped would clear up the issue.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Emma turned round to look at her in consternation, and hastily said,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing hastily
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber
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