HASTILY Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

hastily

adverb

ˈhā-stə-lē

Definition of hastily

as in hurriedly

with excessive or careless speed the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors

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as in quickly

with great speed the congresswoman hastily made her way towards the waiting elevator

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Recent Examples of hastily The bug had never come up in testing, and the FIA had to hastily write and then distribute to the teams a software update to solve the problem. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026 This one had been called hastily, after a handful of caregivers had complained about persistent problems in their children’s classrooms. — Beth Hawkins, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026 The temptation to rush the final stage of the process can be irresistible — just ask Lee Mason, who lost his job as a VAR after hastily closing a check on a game between Arsenal and Brentford in 2023. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The school could argue that the conference hastily convened the vote, perhaps in violation of bylaws or conference customs, and in doing so jeopardized its contracts with coaches, sponsors, media and licensing partners, and others. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hastily

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Adverb

Her husband hurriedly shut the door and begged her to see a doctor for a tranquilizer prescription.

— Elvira Navarro, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Antonelli hurriedly informed his race engineer, Peter Bonnington, who had been regularly reminding the Italian to adhere to track limits throughout the race and to look after his car.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of hurriedly

Adverb

With the interference removed, the transport molecules can quickly stick to the flexible base, while the new additive guides crystal growth and seals up flaws in the perovskite layer.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to be annulled after an evening of chaos at some polling places that followed a last-minute decision to extend voting by two hours.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of quickly

Adverb

Future quantum applications The team sees potential applications in electronics that consume less power and switch states rapidly.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Foot-and-mouth disease spreads rapidly among livestock and can force mass culling, movement restrictions, and trade disruptions.

— Robert Kelly, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of rapidly

Adverb

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and other local agencies swiftly took action, arrested the caller and took him to the Palm Beach County Jail.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The memo went out like the bat signal, and Danica promptly — and swiftly — took action.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of swiftly

Adverb

Fans lose interest quicker than ever, and changing the head coach creates engagement.

— Mac Engel October 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Our selections include gift ideas under $50, like quick-drying performance half-zips or customizable book weights from Quince and Leatherology.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of quick

Adverb

Traveling faster than Mach 5 means ARRW can exceed five times the speed of sound.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, the fast-ascending Kit Connor is on course to have Elden Ring and the next X-Men movie — playing Cyclops — both releasing in 2028, which could catapult him to tier 1 stardom.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of fast

Adverb

Rose soon shed their Americana trappings, publicly embraced their queerness, and revamped their musical identity.

— Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Voters in six states will soon decide whether to impose or expand voter identification requirements, including rules requiring mail voters to provide part of a driver’s license or Social Security number.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of soon

Adverb

Seek care promptly for vaginal bleeding after menopause, unexplained sores or persistent pelvic pain, since those symptoms require evaluation rather than an assumption that GSM is responsible.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2026
With this decision, one of the last important barriers to gerrymandering fell, and many state governments promptly set off on a spree of biased mapmaking, hoping to stack the deck before the big card game this November.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of promptly

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