Hastening

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of speeding up; a growing faster.

    "Miss D. had found that regular blinking, or a loud-ticking watch, or horizontal lines or marks on the ground, etc., similarly served to pace her, and to prevent the incontinent hastenings and retardations which otherwise marred her ambulation."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hasten form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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accelerationaccelerationclarificationdouble quickdouble timeeasing

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"Then, hastening after Chloe, whom he found in an angry mood, he presented the apple to her."

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