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hurried Definition

hur·ried (hʉrēd)

adjective

done or acting in a hurry; rushed or rushing; hasty

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hurried Synonyms

hurried

modif.

quick, speedy, in a hurry; see fast 1.

hurried Usage Examples

Preposition: through

  • door: I hurried through the shattered door of the convent.

Modifies a noun

  • downstairs: I huddled on my clothes and hurried downstairs in an exceedingly bad temper to order some hot water.
  • glance: Space will not admit of our giving more than a hurried glance at the very interesting collection of objects here brought together.
  • upstairs: Then slipped inside and hurried upstairs to get myself dry.
  • clearance: Baker was left exposed and forced into a hurried clearance and Pickard's first time effort from distance went wide.
  • departure: Mutesa made a hurried departure for England where he died three years later.
  • exit: The police have searched Hyde's rooms only to find evidence of a hurried exit.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: September 3 rd 1919 There was a rather hurried meeting called at Cavendish to discuss the proposed war memorial.
  • then: We all bought Russian dolls ( a must ) then hurried back to the coach stop.
  • never: We never hurried people out of the Magic Box like that, even if it was past closing time.
  • very: In a very hurried day your page was a ray of sunshine.
  • too: My recording session were always too hurried for me.
  • little: Even yet she used to send him little hurried smuggled notes, and pop them into the post in private.

Infinitive complement

  • get: I stepped up onto the bus and hurried to get the seat at the window.
  • go: She hurried to go through, but found the door locked.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Seems hurried on the time allowed for each session - you will need to slow the pace for discussions.
  • feel: The worst we've seen so far by a long way - many of the articles feel hurried.

Preposition: from

  • room: With a wave of her hand she dismissed them and they hurried from the room.