Hastily is an English word with synonyms like hurriedly. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hastily meaning
- In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly.
- Soon, shortly.
Synonyms of Hastily
Using Hastily
- The main meaning on this page is: In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly. | Soon, shortly.
- Useful related words include: hurriedly, in haste, unhurriedly.
- In the example corpus, hastily often appears in combinations such as: was hastily, the hastily, hastily arranged.
Context around Hastily
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hastily
- In this selection, "hastily" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shown, madrid, hired, arranged, reassessing and deleted stand out and add context to how "hastily" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include with a hastily arranged agreement and and nicole hastily got dressed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hastily" sits close to words such as abia, alright and annexed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hastily
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Campaigners then hastily obtained an injunction to stop further felling. (10 words)
My brother Bharat Jagdeo hastily and clumsily navigates around and away from oil. (13 words)
Even when hastily stuffing them into my pockets, the earphones never tangled up into an awkward bundle. (17 words)
Many families now face the prospect that they may never find out what happened to parents, children or other relatives despite efforts to identify bodies - many buried hastily in mass graves - using photographs or DNA testing. (36 words)
At a hastily convened hearing on Friday night, Rugby Australia Integrity Commission expunged a yellow card given to Milton in the Greens' 23-22 win over Maitland in the major semi-final. (32 words)
Here, the resolutions – usually kids and teachers uniting to foil Ms Hoburn at the last second – are hastily bolted together and feel less like updates and more like bad copies. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
And as it does, foreign powers, which have long tried to stake claims in a mineral-rich nation with geopolitical value, are hastily reassessing their positions.
Antov had also criticised Putin's invasion in a hastily deleted Whatsapp message, which he blamed on an "unfortunate misunderstanding and a technical error".
At a hastily convened hearing on Friday night, Rugby Australia Integrity Commission expunged a yellow card given to Milton in the Greens' 23-22 win over Maitland in the major semi-final.
Campaigners then hastily obtained an injunction to stop further felling.
Even when hastily stuffing them into my pockets, the earphones never tangled up into an awkward bundle.
Fears of tanks rolling down Kowloon’s Nathan Road were hastily squashed; the constant refrain, ‘They know Taiwan is watching to see what they do,’ was voiced by many.
Here, the resolutions – usually kids and teachers uniting to foil Ms Hoburn at the last second – are hastily bolted together and feel less like updates and more like bad copies.
In the first part of the triptych, a confused Baker is shown hastily running around an unfamiliar rural home where she eventually helps repair an old car.
It's also a small bar and space feels limited, as though the idea to add one was hastily agreed at the last minute and a corner was annexed off.
It was expected that the 31-year-old would miss the entire campaign, with Real Madrid hastily signing Kepa Arrizabalaga on loan from Chelsea to cover for him.
I was hired hastily for a job I’d had years before by a manager who already had one foot out the door.
Many families now face the prospect that they may never find out what happened to parents, children or other relatives despite efforts to identify bodies - many buried hastily in mass graves - using photographs or DNA testing.
Meanwhile, some critics, including lawmakers, thought Pagcor’s P3-million new logo appears to be “hastily made” and too costly for the government.
My brother Bharat Jagdeo hastily and clumsily navigates around and away from oil.
NBC News noticed, however, that the site's "report" function still contained an option for "misgendering or deadnaming", suggesting the removal is yet another hastily and ineptly-implemented whim.
Next on Wednesday’s Days episode, Johnny knocked on the door, so EJ and Nicole hastily got dressed.
Past debt ceiling fights have typically ended with a hastily arranged agreement in the final hours of negotiations, thus avoiding a default.
Past US debt ceiling fights have typically ended with a hastily arranged agreement in the final hours of negotiations, avoiding an unprecedented default.
Realising the gaffe, a clearly flustered Taylor seized the chance to redeem himself, hastily replying: 'Love Rick Astley.
Residents are being forced indoors on sunny days, and windows shut hastily as a sewage stink sweeps over some Queenstown properties.
Common combinations with hastily
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was hastily 21×
- the hastily 14×
- hastily arranged 11×
- in hastily 8×
- to hastily 8×
- are hastily 7×
- were hastily 7×
- at hastily 6×
- hastily assembled 6×
- and hastily 5×