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Definition of Hurriedness
1. Noun. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness). "He soon regretted his haste"
Generic synonyms: Fastness, Speed, Swiftness
Specialized synonyms: Abruptness, Precipitance, Precipitancy, Precipitateness, Precipitousness, Suddenness
Derivative terms: Hasty, Hasty, Hasty, Hurried, Hurry
Definition of Hurriedness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurriedness
Literary usage of Hurriedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment by Samuel Hahnemann, Charles J Hempel (1846)
"Not disposed to work, although he is disposed to intense reflection. Scratching his
head with impatience. Hurriedness. Anxious hurriedness. ..."
2. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"She looked so frost-bitten and anxious! curtsied, with such a cowering hurriedness,
to the veriest rabble that ever was seen. I was wae^ to look at her, ..."
3. Lives of the Novelists by Walter Scott (1825)
"... that the simplicity of his character, mingled with an inaccuracy'of expression,
an undistinguishing spirit of vanity, and a hurriedness of conception, ..."
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