haste

Definitions

1. Speed; swiftness; dispatch
2. A surname from Old French.
3. Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
   uncountable, usually
4. Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence
5. Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
   obsolete, uncountable, usually
6. To urge onward; to hasten
7. To move with haste

Equivalents

Examples

“We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.”

“The king's business required haste.”

“There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign⟳ away their souls.”

“I said in my haste, All men are liars.”

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