1. (a.) Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

2. (a.) Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job.

3. (imp. & p. p.) of Hurry.

abrupt accident-prone at the double breakneck brief careless crowded cursory desperate devil-may-care double-quick double-time expeditious festinate feverish flying frantic frenetic furious hard-pressed hard-pushed hard-run harum-scarum hasty headlong hectic hotheaded immediate impetuous instant last-minute mad offhand on the double on the spot overeager overenthusiastic overzealous passing perfunctory precipitant precipitate precipitous pressed pressed for time prompt pushed quick reckless rushed rushing short slap-bang slapdash snap speedy sudden superficial swift urgent wanton wild