Hastening
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of hasten form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Then, hastening after Chloe, whom he found in an angry mood, he presented the apple to her."