hastily

English

hasty +‎ -ly

hastily (comparative more hastily, superlative most hastily)

In a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
  The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
(obsolete) Soon, shortly.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
  she with liquors strong his eyes did steepe, / That nothing should him hastily awake [...].

in a hasty manner

Bulgarian: прибързано (bg) (pribǎrzano)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迅速地 (zh) (xùnsù de), 快速地 (zh) (kuàisù de), 急速地 (zh) (jísù de), 趕快地 (zh), 赶快地 (zh) (gǎnkuài de)
Esperanto: haste (eo)
Finnish: kiireesti (fi)
French: hâtivement (fr), précipitamment (fr), à la hâte (fr)
German: hastig (de)

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