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Hastily vs Hasty - What's the difference?

hastily | hasty |

Hasty is a derived term of hastily.



As an adverb hastily

is in a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.

As an adjective hasty is

acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it..

hastily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • (label) Soon, shortly.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vi:
    • she with liquors strong his eyes did steepe, / That nothing should him hastily awake [...].

    Synonyms

    * See also

    hasty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it. )
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    • Derived terms

    * hastily * hastiness * overhasty

    Related terms

    * haste * hasten * hasteful * hurried

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