hastily
hast·i·ly/ˈheɪstɪli/adverb
hastily is spelled H-A-S-T-I-L-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables (hast·i·ly). It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, hastily means “In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hastily?
| Letters | 7: H-A-S-T-I-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: hast·i·ly |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hastily?
Hastily appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hastily?
- /ˈheɪstɪli/
Hastily has 3 syllables, split hast·i·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hastily.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hastily
- more hastily comparative
- most hastily superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hastily mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly.
- 2
obsoleteSoon, shortly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hastily in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a hasty manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hâtivement, précipitamment, à la hâte |
| German | hastig |
| Portuguese | apressadamente |
| Spanish | de prisa, atropelladamente, apresuradamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hastily come from?
From hasty + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).