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hurried, ppl. a.|ˈhʌrɪd| [f. hurry v. + -ed1.] Driven or carried along, done or performed, with a rapidity due to pressure or want of time; characterized by hurry or excited haste; full of haste; hasty.
1667Milton P.L. v. 778 All this haste Of midnight march, and hurried meeting here. 1711Swift's Lett. (1767) III. 191 One cannot see him otherwise here, he is so hurried. 1725Pope Odyss. x. 52 Snatched in the whirl, the hurried navy flew. 1801Med. Jrnl. V. 558 The patient lay with a short, hurried, and rattling respiration. 1829D'Israeli 6 July in Croker Papers (1884), I seize a hurried moment to acknowledge the receipt of your two notes. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 406 A hurried embrace was exchanged. Hence ˈhurriedly adv., in a hurried manner, hastily; ˈhurriedness, hurried condition.
1816Byron Siege Cor. xix, Oft his beating fingers went Hurriedly as you may see Your own run over the ivory key. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. xx, He could not speak harshly, but he spoke hurriedly. a1832Scott cited in Worcester for hurriedness. |