From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhurriedhur‧ried /ˈhʌrid $ ˈhɜːrid/ adjective [usually before noun] HURRYdone more quickly than usual SYN rushed OPP leisurely a hurried meal► see thesaurus at fast —hurriedly adverb
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hurried• Her handwriting looked shaky and hurried.• Gedge smiled less and the attitude was so workman-like, it all seemed hurried and obdurate.• These benefits seem even more relevant in our present climate of hurried and stressful life styles.• From a hurried clearance, I think, Wallace picked up the ball and went past 4 defenders to the bye-line.• After a hurried dinner, the boys do their homework or watch TV.• Trade missions, diplomatic niceties, hurried journeys between here and Moscow, the lot.• The day was a blur of hurried meetings and brief telephone calls.• Norman Fowler made hurried notes to his speech in reply.• They were anxiously engaged on a hurried recruitment policy.• They made a hurried search for the missing letters, but they couldn't find them.• Very light, very hurried steps, but the bare, glossy wood turned them into a muffled drum-roll.• Lunch hour meant a hurried visit to a launderette or one of the new supermarkets.