as in hastily
with excessive or careless speed
tended to act precipitately when faced with an unexpected turn of events
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hastily
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Her team hastily designed a sliding-scale lockdown system.—
Rachel Morris,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025 -
Wonder how many Lake County lawmakers actually read this document that received little public review and was hastily adopted in the last 48 hours of the session?—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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“Precipitately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precipitately. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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