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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hurried \Hur"ried\, adjective
1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.
2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job. ''A hurried meeting.'' --Milton. -- {Hur"ried*ly}, adverb -- {Hur"ried*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hurriedness
noun: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: {haste}, {hastiness}, {hurry}, {precipitation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "hurriedness": barrel, beeline, bowl along, breeze, bucket, bullet, bustle, dig in, dust, fleet, flit, fly, go like lightning, haste, hasten, highball, hotfoot, hustle, jog, make tracks, nip, peg, pelt, post, rock, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scour, skeet, skin, smoke, speed, stave, step on it, tatter, trot, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip
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