Definition of "in a hurry" []

• Rushed, hurried; short of time. (adjective)
• Hurriedly. (adverb)
• Michael ate his pie hurriedly. (adverb)

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• "The next day Lieutenant John Johnstone—another Scotchman—boarded in the company of a Portsmouth doctor, who took one look at the victims, withdrew in a hurry with his handkerchief plastered over his nose, sent more marines to hospital, and declared that in his opinion the disease was as malignant as it was incurable."
• "He was indeed in a hurry to meet Darius in battle, but there was business to take care of first in Phoenicia."
• "“Why, are you in a hurry to get back to the hotel, Miss Thang?” he asked with a sly smile."