Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Hurried, Hasty, Bustling: Describes a state of constant, often flustered, busyness or movement, giving the impression of being rushed and having no spare time.
   • Flurried, In a rush: Portrays someone who is acting with quick, sometimes clumsy or unsteady movements due to haste.

2. Adverb:

   • Hurriedly, Hastily: Describes the manner of an action done with rushed speed and little deliberation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Dáng đi của anh ấy trông thật lật đật. (His walking posture looks very hurried.)
  • Cô ấy là một người luôn lật đật từ sáng đến tối. (She is a person who is always in a rush from morning till night.)
• Adverb:
  • Anh ta lật đật chào rồi đi ngay. (He said goodbye hurriedly and left immediately.)
  • Nghe tin, cô ấy lật đật thu xếp đồ đạc về quê. (Upon hearing the news, she hastily packed her things to return to her hometown.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a subtle nuance of being slightly overwhelmed or flustered by the rush, not just simply fast.
• It can be used reduplicatively as "lật đật, lật đật" to emphasize the continuous or repetitive nature of the hurried action.

Variants and Related Words

• Vội vã (adj/adv): Hurried, in a hurry. (Often interchangeable, but "lật đật" implies more visible bustling movement).
• Tất tả (adj/adv): To be busy rushing about, often for one's livelihood.
• Cuống quýt (adj): Flustered, panicky, in a state of nervous haste.

Synonyms

• Hurriedly
• Hastily
• In a flurry
• Bustlingly

Related Idioms

• Lật đật như con thoi: (Hurried like a shuttle) - An idiom describing someone constantly moving back and forth, very busy.
  • Một ngày của cô ấy lật đật như con thoi. (Her day is as busy as a shuttle.)
• Đầu tắt mặt tối: (Literally: head extinguished, face dark) - An idiom meaning to be extremely busy from dawn till dusk, often for basic needs. This shares the theme of constant busyness with "lật đật".

1. hurriedly, hastily