HASTILY


Meaning of HASTILY in English

adv. 25B6; adverb

Meg retreated hastily : QUICKLY, hurriedly, fast, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, briskly, without delay, post-haste; with all speed, as fast as possible, at breakneck speed, at a run, hotfoot, on the double; informal double quick, p.d.q. (pretty damn quick), nippily, like (greased) lightning, like the wind, like a scalded cat, like a bat out of hell; Brit. informal at a rate of knots, like the clappers; N. Amer. informal lickety-split.

an agreement was hastily drawn up : HURRIEDLY, speedily, quickly; on the spur of the moment, prematurely.

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