hastily
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Definition
- Adverb:
- In a hurried or hasty manner; with excessive speed or urgency, often without proper care or attention. It describes an action performed quickly due to a lack of time or impatience, which can lead to mistakes or oversight.
Usage
- General Use: Used to modify a verb, describing that the action is done with rushed speed.
- Typical Contexts: Often used in situations involving deadlines, emergencies, or impulsive decisions where thoroughness is sacrificed for speed.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "To do something hastily": To perform an action in a rushed, often careless way.
- The decision was made hastily without consulting the team.
- "To speak hastily": To say something quickly without thinking it through.
- I spoke hastily and apologized for my harsh words.
Variants and Related Words
- Hasty (adjective): Done or acting with excessive speed; hurried.
- a hasty departure
- Haste (noun): Excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry.
- In his haste, he tripped and fell.
Synonyms
- Hurriedly: In a quick manner due to pressure.
- Quickly: At a fast speed (more neutral, less connotative of carelessness).
- Rashly: With a lack of consideration for the consequences; recklessly.
- Precipitately: With excessive or rash speed.
Antonyms
- Slowly: At a low speed.
- Carefully: With close attention to detail to avoid mistakes.
- Deliberately: In a careful and unhurried way.
- Methodically: In a systematic, orderly manner.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Marry in haste, repent at leisure: (Proverb) A warning that decisions made too quickly, especially about marriage, often lead to long-term regret.
- Haste makes waste: (Proverb) Doing things too quickly often results in mistakes that take more time to fix, so no time is saved.
Adverb
- in a hurried or hasty manner
- the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful
- hastily, he scanned the headlines
- sold in haste and at a sacrifice