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hastily meaning

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  • AdverbCOMmore hastilySUPmost hastilySUF-ly
    1. In a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.
      1. 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.
    2. (obsolete) Soon, shortly.

    Meaning of hastily for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "hastily" is an adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adverbs
        • Morphemes
          • Suffixes
            • Words by suffix
              • Words suffixed with -ly
        Difficultness: Level 1
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        Definiteness: Level 1
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