hastily
pronunciation
How to pronounce hastily in British English:
UK ['heɪstɪlɪ]
How to pronounce hastily in American English:
US [ˈhestɪlɪ]
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- Adverb:
- in a hurried or hasty manner
Word Origin
- hastily (adv.)
- c. 1300, "quickly," from hasty + -ly (2). Meaning "rashly, without due consideration" is 1580s. Old English hæstlice meant "violently."
Example
- 1. Eg. the child was hastily dispatched out to school .
- 2. However , the announcement appears to have been hastily pushed forward .
- 3. Hastily I pressed send , though forgot to press save first .
- 4. A haitian official said that some 70000 bodies had been hastily buried in mass graves .
- 5. There is legitimate concern that , done hastily , austerity could derail a weak recovery .