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What (who) is hurried - definition
hurried
a.
1.
Driven (by work), over head and ears, pressed for time.
2.
Hasty, cursory, slight, superficial.
Hurried
·Impf & ·p.p. of Hurry.
II. Hurried ·adj Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job.
III. Hurried ·adj Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.
hurried
1.
A hurried action is done quickly, because you do not have much time to do it in.
...a hurried breakfast.
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• hurriedly
...students hurriedly taking notes.
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2.
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.
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• hurriedly
The moment she saw it, she blushed and hurriedly left the room.
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3.
Someone who is hurried does things more quickly than they should because they do not have much time to do them.
Parisians on the street often looked worried, hurried and unfriendly.
= rushed
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Examples of use of hurried
1. "I can imagine a hurried staffer sticking a gag into a hurried bill.
2. Suddenly the car stopped and we were hurried inside.
3. Hearing her screams people hurried to their aid, she said.
4. Many of his recent novels felt hurried, incomplete.
5. DeMint hurried into the chamber around 12:15 a.m., voted yes on the sunset amendment, and then hurried home to bed.