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(hʌrid, US hɜːr-)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A hurried action is done quickly, because you do not have much time to do it in.
...a hurried breakfast.
hurriedly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
...students hurriedly taking notes.
Synonyms: hastily, quickly, briskly, speedily More Synonyms of hurried
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A hurried action is done suddenly, in reaction to something that has just happened.
Downing Street denied there had been a hurried overnight redrafting of the text.
Synonyms: rushed, perfunctory, hectic, speedy More Synonyms of hurried
hurriedly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
The moment she saw it, she blushed and hurriedly left the room.
3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Someone who is hurried does things more quickly than they should because they do not have much time to dothem.
Parisians on the street often looked worried, hurried and unfriendly.
More Synonyms of hurried

hurried in British English

(ˈhʌrɪd)
adjective
performed with great or excessive haste
a hurried visit
Derived forms
hurriedly (ˈhurriedly)
adverb
hurriedness (ˈhurriedness)
noun

hurried in American English

(ˈhɜrid)
adjective
done or acting in a hurry; rushed or rushing; hasty
Derived forms
hurriedly (ˈhurriedly) (ˈhɜridli; ˈhɜridɪdli)
adverb
hurriedness (ˈhurriedness)
noun

Examples of 'hurried' in a sentence
hurried

We surrendered the cameras and hurried away.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Then she hurried away with her lover.
The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (1812)
And his hurried departure left a substantial hole in his self-confidence and personal prestige.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Figures huddled in wraps hurried past her -- the fog and dark discouraged lingering.
Tracy Chevalier Burning Bright (2007)
A chicken hurried past a barn.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She hurried home and pleaded with her husband to attend the next Bible study and to come under the counsel of this godly pastor.
Christianity Today (2000)
I had to go, but hurried home in the afternoon to look again.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That hurried moment of panic and disbelief when I felt us stretching out to each other across the distance.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She hurried home, terrified, and told her mother.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I hurried to my room, for the first time in months not thinking about danger or hunger or worry.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's often the hurried meal that's packed with the most fat and cholesterol.
Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
The next day, the same man saw him again, and hurried away.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He looked at me a moment, nodded, and hurried away.
Sidney Sheldon The Other Side of Me
He crept in, stuffed the statue under his coat, hurried home and hid it under the bed.
The Sun (2011)
I made a note of the house number and hurried away as best I could.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
hurried

British English: hurried ADJECTIVE
A hurried action is done quickly, because you do not have much time to do it in.
...a hurried breakfast.
  • American English: hurried
  • Brazilian Portuguese: apressado
  • Chinese: 仓促完成的
  • European Spanish: rápido
  • French: précipité
  • German: eilig
  • Italian: frettoloso
  • Japanese: あわただしい
  • Korean: 서두르는
  • European Portuguese: apressado
  • Latin American Spanish: rápido

1 (adjective) 
Definition
done quickly or too quickly
They had a hurried breakfast, then left.
Synonyms
hasty
They need to make a hasty escape.
quick
I just popped in for a quick chat.
brief
This time their visit is brief.
rushed
a rushed job
short
We had a short meeting.
swift
a swift runner
speedy
We wish Bill a speedy recovery.
precipitate
the precipitate collapse of European communism
quickie (informal)
breakneck
2 (adjective) 
Definition
done quickly or too quickly
a hurried overnight redrafting of the text
Synonyms
rushed
At no time did I feel rushed.
perfunctory
She gave the list only a perfunctory glance.
hectic
speedy
superficial
He only gave it a superficial glance through.
hasty
After the hasty meal, they took up their positions.
cursory
I gave the letter a fairly cursory reading.
slapdash
a slapdash piece of work

Additional synonyms

in the sense of brief
Definition
short in duration
This time their visit is brief.
Synonyms
short,
fast,
quick,
temporary,
fleeting,
swift,
short-lived,
little,
hasty,
momentary,
ephemeral,
quickie (informal),
transitory
in the sense of cursory
Definition
hasty and usually superficial
I gave the letter a fairly cursory reading.
Synonyms
brief,
passing,
rapid,
casual,
summary,
slight,
hurried,
careless,
superficial,
hasty,
perfunctory,
desultory,
offhand,
slapdash
in the sense of perfunctory
Definition
done only as a matter of routine
She gave the list only a perfunctory glance.
Synonyms
offhand,
routine,
wooden,
automatic,
stereotyped,
mechanical,
indifferent,
careless,
superficial,
negligent,
sketchy,
unconcerned,
cursory,
unthinking,
slovenly,
heedless,
slipshod,
inattentive

Nearby words of
hurried

  • hurl
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurried
  • hurriedly
  • hurry
  • hurt

Related terms of
hurried

  • hurry

Synonyms of 'hurried'

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