Hurriedly

//ˈhɝɪdli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a hurried manner.

    "The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a hurried or hasty manner wordnet

Synonyms

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apaceat oncebrieflycarelesslydesperatelyexpeditiously

Example

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"I got a quick glimpse of Takanohana as he hurriedly left the gymnasium."

Etymology

From hurried + -ly.

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