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adjective
- 1. done in a hurry; rushed: "I ate a hurried breakfast"
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done very or too quickly: We left early, after a hurried breakfast. I'm sorry this is such a hurried note. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. fast I tried to catch him, but he was too fast for me. quick I tried to catch him, but he was too quick for me. prompt A prompt reply would be very much appreciated.
1. : going or working at speed. a hurried waitress. 2. : done in a hurry : hasty. a hurried departure. hurriedly. ˈhər-əd-lē. ˈhə-rəd- adverb. hurriedness. ˈhər-ēd-nəs. ˈhə-rēd- noun. Synonyms. cursory. drive-by. flying. gadarene. hasty. headlong.
Synonyms for HURRIED: rushed, hasty, impulsive, sudden, headlong, cursory, rash, reckless; Antonyms of HURRIED: deliberate, unhurried, unrushed, calculated, measured, circumspect, calculating, prolonged
Hurried definition: moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.. See examples of HURRIED used in a sentence.
Someone who is hurried does things more quickly than they should because they do not have much time to do them. Parisians on the street often looked worried, hurried and unfriendly. More Synonyms of hurried
Definitions of hurried. adjective. moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste. “a hurried trip to the store”. “the hurried life of a city”. “a hurried job”. synonyms: fast. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.
Define hurried. hurried synonyms, hurried pronunciation, hurried translation, English dictionary definition of hurried. adj. 1. a. Moving or acting rapidly. b. Required to move or act more rapidly; rushed. 2. Done in great haste: a hurried tour. hur′ried·ly adv.
Definitions of 'hurried' 1. A hurried action is done quickly, because you do not have much time in which to do it. [...] 2. A hurried action is done suddenly, in reaction to something that has just happened. [...] 3. Someone who is hurried does things more quickly than they should because they do not have much time to do them. [...] More.
adjective. /ˈhʌrid/ /ˈhɜːrid/ [usually before noun] done too quickly because you do not have enough time synonym rushed. I ate a hurried breakfast and left. She wrote a few hurried lines to him on the back of an envelope. opposite unhurried. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
(Definition of hurried from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
