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HASTILY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a hurried or hasty manner
Example:
sold in haste and at a sacrifice
Synonyms:
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Pertainym:
hasty (excessively quick)
Context examples:
At first I attempted to prevent her but she persisted, and entering the room where it lay, hastily examined the neck of the victim, and clasping her hands exclaimed, ‘O God!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Then do not veer,” quoth Sir Oliver hastily.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I saw her start, and she hastily closed the door.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Where is your sister?” said he hastily, as he opened the door.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Her face fell, and he went on hastily.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The council was hastily called in Klosh-Kwan's dwelling, and Bim took up the tale.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
She dressed herself hastily, called the maid, and set off for the stables.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His disordered dress showed that he had been hastily aroused from sleep.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At twilight, he clambered down over the wall into the garden of the enchantress, hastily clutched a handful of rampion, and took it to his wife.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
