(hastier, hastiest)
1.
A ~ movement, action, or statement is sudden, and often done in reaction to something that has just happened.
One company is giving its employees airplane tickets in the event they need to make a ~ escape.
= swift, quick
ADJ: usu ADJ n
hastily
‘It may be satisfying, but it’s not fun.’ ‘No, I’m sure it’s not,’ said Virginia hastily. ‘I didn’t mean that.’
= swiftly
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2.
A ~ event or action is one that is completed more quickly than normal.
After the ~ meal, the men had moved forward to take up their positions.
= quick, hurried
ADJ: usu ADJ n
hastily
He said good night hastily, promising that he would phone Hans in the morning...
= hurriedly
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3.
If you describe a person or their behaviour as ~, you mean that they are acting too quickly, without thinking carefully, for example because they are angry.
A number of the United States’ allies had urged him not to take a ~ decision.
= rash
ADJ disapproval
hastily
I decided that nothing should be done hastily, that things had to be sorted out carefully.
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