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Definition of Hastily
1. Adverb. In a hurried or hasty manner. "Sold in haste and at a sacrifice"
Definition of Hastily
1. adv. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
Definition of Hastily
1. Adverb. In a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly. ¹
2. Adverb. (obsolete) Soon, shortly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hastily
1. hasty [adv] - See also: hasty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hastily
Literary usage of Hastily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"... without driving them ont rael, and went out to war : and hastily, neither
delivered he them the LORD delivered ..."
2. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"He visited the little republic of San Marino, passed hastily through Rome, and
spent the Holy Week at Naples. He climbed Vesuvius, visited the island of ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(3) The emperor was soon convinced, that he had too hastily proscribed the orthodox
faith and the ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Down hastily he sprung from selle, And in his haste wellnigh he fell; 600
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FOURTH TO JAMES SKENE, ESQ. ..."
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