Hurry
['hʌrɪ] or ['hɝrɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; 'in a hurry to lock the door'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
(v. t.) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
(v. t.) To cause to be done quickly.
(v. i.) To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.
(n.) The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Drive, precipitate.[2]. Hasten, expedite, speed, despatch, urge or push forward, urge or press on.
v. n. [1]. Act precipitately, be in a flutter, be in a flurry.[2]. Haste, hasten, move quickly, be in haste, be quick, be in a hurry, make haste, mend one's pace, lose no time, lose not a moment, wing one's way, make the best of one's way, crowd sail, clap spurs to one's horse.
n. [1]. Precipitation, flurry, flutter, agitation, confusion, bustle, perturbation, hurry-skurry.[2]. Haste, despatch, celerity, quickness, promptitude, expedition.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ACCELERATE]
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Definition
v.t. to urge forward: to hasten.—v.i to move or act with haste:—pa.p. hurr′ied.—n. a driving forward: haste: tumult: a tremolando passage for violins &c. in connection with an exciting situation.—adj. Hurr′ied.—adv. Hurr′iedly.—n. Hurr′iedness.—adv. Hurr′yingly.—n. Hurr′y-skurr′y confusion and bustle.—adv. confusedly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The dispatch of bunglers.
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Examples
- She had written in a hurry and dipped her pen too deep. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I find them irrational, perverse; they hinder me when I long to hurry forward. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He muttered something about leaving unexpectedly, in a great hurry, and having intended to write to her from St. Augustine. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- You need not hurry, said Mrs. Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You need be in no hurry to hear, he said: let me frankly tell you, I have nothing eligible or profitable to suggest. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The donkeys fell down and spilt us over their heads occasionally, but there was nothing for it but to mount and hurry on again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If I shake and tremble, as we pass the gallows, don't you mind, but hurry on. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In the most extreme agitation I hurried after the surgeon and brought him with me in my carriage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To go thither, to escape across the Ohio river, were the first hurried outlines of her plan of escape; beyond that, she could only hope in God. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was a hurried breakfast with no taste in it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The mask now hurried me along so fast, that I arrived at the table panting for breath. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was a tear in each of Mrs. Bagnet's eyes, and her face was flushed and hurried. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- How dreadful to remember, perhaps, that she had sometimes even wished the old man away who was so swiftly hurried out of life! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- With which he hurried out of the room, down the stairs, up the coachsteps, and into the coach, without another word. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The sounds of conflict, the clash of arms, the shouting and the hurrying of many feet came to us from various parts of the temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Before I could reply Leinster came hurrying and bustling into the box as the curtain dropped. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She sank into the chair, and for a few moments sat like a statue, while images and emotions were hurrying upon her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- People talk across the court out of window, and bare-headed scouts come hurrying in from Chancery Lane to know what's the matter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Well, said I, as I came hurrying up, I trust that she is no worse? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In her confusion she stumbled against a man who was hurrying down the last steps of the elevated station. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Events are hurrying me away. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Scraping up a quantity of sand into a little heap, he grasps it with three of the legs on one side and hurries away with it to some little distance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I am quite glad you are at home; for these hurries and forebodings by which I have been surrounded all day long, have made me nervous without reason. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Happily this change does not leave me stranded; it but hurries into premature execution designs long formed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She hurries to him, and they go on together, walking up and down, walking up and down, until he is composed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn hurries to the landing and calls, Miss Flite! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What do you mean by 'unsettled hurries,' for instance? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One's mind hurries back over past centuries, and then asks, could our progenitors have been men like these? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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