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Webster 1913 Edition

(hās′tĭ-ly̆)

adv.

[From

In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.

hastily

engaged in the war.

Swift.

Passionately; impatiently.

Shak.

adv.

[See Hasty.] In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

Half clothed, half naked, hastily retire.

Rashly; precipitately; without due reflection.

We hastily engaged in the war.

Passionately; under sudden excitement of passion.