Meaning of HURRIED
| Pronunciation: | | 'hureed
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| | Definition: | | [adj] moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fast, flying, hasty, headlong, helter-skelter, overhasty, pell-mell, precipitant, precipitate, quick, rush(a), rushed |
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| | Antonyms: | | unhurried | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hur"ried\, a.
1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a
hurried writer; a hurried life.
2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried
job. ``A hurried meeting.'' --Milton. -- {Hur"ried*ly},
adv. -- {Hur"ried*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | abrupt, accident-prone, at the double, breakneck, brief, careless, crowded, cursory, desperate, devil-may-care, double-quick, double-time, expeditious, festinate, feverish, flying, frantic, frenetic, furious, hard-pressed, hard-pushed, hard-run, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hectic, hotheaded, immediate, impetuous, instant, last-minute, mad, offhand, on the double, on the spot, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, passing, perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, pressed, pressed for time, prompt, pushed, quick, reckless, rushed, rushing, short, slap-bang, slapdash, snap, speedy, sudden, superficial, swift, urgent, wanton, wild |
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