in a hurry

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All (3) Adjective (1) Adverb (2)

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pressed adj.
rapidly adv.
under the gun adv.

ADJECTIVE

pressed

Synonyms

STRONG

pressured pushed rushing urged

ADVERB

rapidly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

briskly expeditiously fast immediately promptly speedily swiftly

WEAK

at speed flat out full tilt hastily hurriedly in a rush in haste lickety-split like a shot posthaste precipitately with dispatch

Antonyms

STRONGEST

slowly sluggishly

WEAK

leisurely

ADVERB

under the gun

Synonyms

WEAK

at gunpoint at knifepoint pressured under duress under pressure under threat

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in a hurry

A shrinking population and an ageing workforce is another reason Beijing is in a hurry to revolutionise its factories.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

We didn’t want to wait until an emergency forces us to purge in a hurry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Mohamed Nias was one of the hundreds of Moroccans who left work in a hurry on Thursday, having "heard that the border with Ceuta was open".

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

You’re a person in a hurry with somewhere to go.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Ain’t going to be no getting home in a hurry now to read ’fore Daddy gets home.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

in a hurry

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