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English Dictionary: hastily by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hastily
adv
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): hurriedly, hastily, in haste
    Antonym(s): unhurriedly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hastily \Has"ti*ly\, adv. [From {Hasty}.]
      1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
  
      2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
  
                     We hastily engaged in the war.            --Swift.
  
      3. Passionately; impatiently. --Shak.
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