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Soon vs Hastily - What's the difference?

soon | hastily |

In label|en|obsolete terms the difference between soon and hastily

is that soon is (label) immediately, instantly while hastily is (label) soon, shortly.

As adverbs the difference between soon and hastily

is that soon is (label) immediately, instantly while hastily is in a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.

As an adjective soon

is occurring within a short time, or quickly.

soon

English

(wikipedia soon)

Adjective

(er)
  • Occurring within a short time, or quickly.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
    • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}

    Adverb

    (er)
  • (label) Immediately, instantly.
  • Within a short time; quickly.
  • * , chapter=1
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese
  • Early.
  • * Bible, (w) ii. 18
    • How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
  • Readily; willingly; used with would , or some other word expressing will.
  • * (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
    • I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.

    Derived terms

    * get well soon * sooner or later * soon enough * soonish * too soon

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    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

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