HURRIED


Meaning of HURRIED in English

adjective

Etymology: from past participle of hurry (I)

1.

a. : characterized by speed : fast

hurried rush of a locomotive

b. : characterized by commotion : tumultuous

hurried life of a city

2.

a. : done or working under pressure

gave hurried last-minute instructions to the crew

a shorter version for the hurried reader

b. : done with excessive haste : hasty

the hurried funeral was a shocking indignity — A.M.Young

specifically : executed so hastily as to be perfunctory

it is a short book, but never spare or hurried — D.C.DeJong

• hur·ried·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.