HASTILY, adverb [See Hasty.] In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly. Half clothed, half naked, hastily retire. 1. Rashly; precipitately; without due reflection. We hastily engaged in the war. 2. Passionately; under sudden excitement of passion.
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