Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hastily"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hastily \Has"ti*ly\, adv. [From {Hasty}.]
1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
We hastily engaged in the war. --Swift.
3. Passionately; impatiently. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hastily
adv : in a hurried or hasty manner; "the way they buried him so
hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the
headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice" [syn: {hurriedly},
{in haste}] [ant: {unhurriedly}]
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