Definition of Hurriedness

1. Noun. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness). "He soon regretted his haste"


Definition of Hurriedness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurriedness

hurricane
hurricane bow
hurricane bows
hurricane deck
hurricane lamp
hurricane lantern
hurricane roof
hurricanelike
hurricanes
hurricano
hurricanoes
hurricanos
hurried
hurried up
hurriedly
hurriedness
hurriednesses
hurrier
hurriers
hurries
hurries up
hurry
hurry-skurry
hurry up
hurryed
hurrying
hurrying up
hurryingly
hurryings
hurst

Literary usage of Hurriedness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment by Samuel Hahnemann, Charles J Hempel (1846)
"Not disposed to work, although he is disposed to intense reflection. Scratching his head with impatience. Hurriedness. Anxious hurriedness. ..."

2. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"She looked so frost-bitten and anxious! curtsied, with such a cowering hurriedness, to the veriest rabble that ever was seen. I was wae^ to look at her, ..."

3. Lives of the Novelists by Walter Scott (1825)
"... that the simplicity of his character, mingled with an inaccuracy'of expression, an undistinguishing spirit of vanity, and a hurriedness of conception, ..."

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