Synonyms
Examples of hastily in a Sentence
the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors
the congresswoman hastily made her way towards the waiting elevator
Recent Examples on the Web
The glue in the lamp had not yet dried, Rivera said, signaling to law enforcement that the lamp had been hastily constructed and sent via two-day air UPS to hide the drugs.
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Sandra McDonald, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
But Humane also struggles to balance the scale of its ambitions, which means some narrative threads get left behind and others are only hastily engaged with.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
Firefighters below can be seen hastily getting their equipment ready to bring the man to safety, according to Storyful.
—USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Cena handed her the trophy in a makeshift toga that was hastily tied on during the category’s presentation montage.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Eddington and his group hastily captured images of a star cluster found near the Sun that day, called the Hyades, found in the constellation of Taurus.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
The doctors, along with other critics of the government, say the plan was hastily put together to win votes in legislative elections this month.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But in Indiana, state policymakers hastily passed a law earlier this year to roll back wetlands regulations, at the urging of developers and farm groups who said such rules were overly burdensome.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
But the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine is arguing that the agency acted hastily and politically when approving the medicine and later reducing prescribing limits.
—Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
Sandra McDonald, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
But Humane also struggles to balance the scale of its ambitions, which means some narrative threads get left behind and others are only hastily engaged with.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
Firefighters below can be seen hastily getting their equipment ready to bring the man to safety, according to Storyful.
—USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Cena handed her the trophy in a makeshift toga that was hastily tied on during the category’s presentation montage.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Eddington and his group hastily captured images of a star cluster found near the Sun that day, called the Hyades, found in the constellation of Taurus.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
The doctors, along with other critics of the government, say the plan was hastily put together to win votes in legislative elections this month.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But in Indiana, state policymakers hastily passed a law earlier this year to roll back wetlands regulations, at the urging of developers and farm groups who said such rules were overly burdensome.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
But the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine is arguing that the agency acted hastily and politically when approving the medicine and later reducing prescribing limits.
—Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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