hurried
1 adj A hurried action is done quickly, because you do not have much time to do it in.
usu ADJ n
...a hurried breakfast.
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hurriedly adv ADV with v
...students hurriedly taking notes.
2 adj A hurried action is done suddenly, in reaction to something that has just happened.
usu ADJ n
Downing Street denied there had been a hurried overnight redrafting of the text.
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hurriedly adv ADV with v
The moment she saw it, she blushed and hurriedly left the room.
3 adj Someone who is hurried does things more quickly than they should because they do not have much time to do them.
usu v-link ADJ
(=rushed)
Parisians on the street often looked worried, hurried and unfriendly.
Translation English - Cobuild Collins Dictionary
hurried
breakneck, brief, cursory, hasty, hectic, perfunctory, precipitate, quick, quickie (informal) rushed, short, slapdash, speedy, superficial, swift
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