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hastily (adv.)

c. 1300, "quickly," from hasty + -ly (2). Meaning "rashly, without due consideration" is 1580s. Old English hæstlice meant "violently."

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Definitions of hastily from WordNet

hastily (adv.)
in a hurried or hasty manner;
hastily, he scanned the headlines
Synonyms: hurriedly / in haste
From wordnet.princeton.edu