hastily

adverb

hast·​i·​ly ˈhā-stə-lē How to pronounce hastily (audio)
: in haste : hurriedly

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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Her team hastily designed a sliding-scale lockdown system. Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025 Wonder how many Lake County lawmakers actually read this document that received little public review and was hastily adopted in the last 48 hours of the session? Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025 At the same time, voters have been plagued by confusion over a voting process that Laurence Patin, director of the legal organization Juicio Justo in Mexico, warned has been hastily thrown together. Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025 His top budget official, Jeffrey Beckham, was hastily summoned to join the chat, which also included the governor’s chief of staff, Matt Brokman. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hastily

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hastily was in the 14th century

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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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