Festinately

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a festinate manner; hastily; hurriedly. obsolete

    "Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither."

Example

More examples

"Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither."

Etymology

From festinate + -ly.

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