Synonyms for hastily
hasti·ly

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1. hurriedly, hastily, in hasteadverb

   in a hurried or hasty manner

   "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice"

   Synonyms:
   hurriedly, in haste

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1. List of paraphrases for "hastily":

   rashly, hurriedly, precipitously, precipitately

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1. Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni:

   Because of the battlefield, they had little choices in terms of where to bury them, they had to bury them hastily, after the battle, we know that [the British] spent the night in Ridgefield - that gave them the time to strip the bodies and bury them.

2. Edwin Lacierda:

   We must, therefore, separate the facts from potentially hastily-made conclusions and opinions, the Board of Inquiry (BOI) should have allowed the facts to speak for themselves. The BOI in its efforts could have asked the president to clarify matters. The president would have answered any questions they may have had.

3. William McCants:

   A lot of it was hastily composed and it's written by people who often don't have a long familiarity with the group.

4. Learned Hand:

   Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

5. Publilius Syrus:

   Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.