hastily
/ˈheɪstɪli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.30 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity."
- "The last occasion on which the Kaiser [Wilhelm II] used this train was for an inglorious journey into Holland towards the end of the 1914 war. He spent the night in it at Eysden [Eijsden], while the Queen of the Netherlands and a hastily summoned Cabinet debated what to do with him."
- "Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.]"
- "she with liquors strong his eyes did steepe, / That nothing should him hastily awake [...]."
Etymology
Etymology tree English hasty Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hastily From hasty + -ly.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more hastily (comparative)
most hastily (superlative)