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unhastened

  • a word derived from hasten.
    hasten
    verb (used without object)
    to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry.

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Their passing in the darkness was accompanied by the sound of the unhastened tread of many hobnailed boots.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd

Linda listened to her heart but it was unhastened by a beat.

From Linda Condon by Hergesheimer, Joseph

The clatter of his own steady, unhastened heart-beat was all that broke upon the stillness.

From Initials Only by Green, Anna Katharine

So this bit of cruelty was put a stop to, and the poor old creature, with a boil on her back, slept her last sleep unhastened by the hangman.

From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)

Even thus Turnus draws lingeringly backward, with unhastened steps, and soul boiling in anger.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil