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

From Initials Only by Anna Katharine Green

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 Floyd Gibbons

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

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

The day went on, as days will go, unstayed, unhastened by the human souls, through which they glide silent and awful.

From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

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

From Linda Condon by Joseph Hergesheimer