Associations to the word «Hastily»

Wiktionary

HASTILY, adverb. In a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.
HASTILY, adverb. (obsolete) Soon, shortly.

Dictionary definition

HASTILY, adverb. In a hurried or hasty manner; "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats