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Hurried

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

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Flying 84% connected

of Fly

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Flying 84% connected

of Fly

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Hasty 84% connected

Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

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Hasty 84% connected

Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

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Headlong 84% connected

With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.

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Headlong 84% connected

With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.

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Helter-skelter 84% connected

In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.

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Helter-skelter 84% connected

In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.

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Overhasty 84% connected

Too hasty; precipitate; rash.

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Overhasty 84% connected

Too hasty; precipitate; rash.

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Pell-mell 84% connected

See Pall-mall.

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Pell-mell 84% connected

See Pall-mall.

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Precipitant 84% connected

Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.

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Precipitant 84% connected

Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.

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Precipitate 84% connected

Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.

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Precipitate 84% connected

Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.

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Precipitous 84% connected

Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

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Precipitous 84% connected

Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

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Quick 84% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

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Quick 84% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

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Rush 84% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Rush 84% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Rushed 84% connected

of Rush

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Rushed 84% connected

of Rush

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Hurry 74% connected

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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Hurry 74% connected

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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Fast 66% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Fast 66% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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