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hasteful

  • a word derived from haste.
    haste
    noun
    swiftness of motion; speed; celerity.

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Miss Kimpsey was inclined to forgive a greater delay, with this evidence of hasteful preparation going on overhead.

From A Daughter of To-Day by Sara Jeannette Duncan

“Now, then, do be hasteful, Rose Allen; I’m that weary!”

From The King's Daughters by Emily Sarah Holt

Nor does delay The colour of my hasteful business suit.

From André by Montrose Jonas Moses