Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HAST'I-LY
HAST'I-LY, adv. [See Hasty.]
- In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly. Half clothed, half naked, hastily retire. Dryden.
- Rashly; precipitately; without due reflection. We hastily engaged in the war. Swift.
- Passionately; under sudden excitement of passion.
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