Barbara hastened to tell him that she was all right.The page hastened to serve Alexei, his face expressionless. to move or act with haste proceed with haste hurry: to hasten to a place.Nine-thirty to ten-thirty, stroll in St James's Park, having, I hasten to say, changed out of my uniform.But they hasten to point out that many spend them taking their charges to exotic educational destinations.barge, push forward, thrust ahead push one's way buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear. This was not part of the display, i hasten to add! hasten: 1 v move fast Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it Antonyms: dawdle, linger take one's time proceed slowly Types: show 5 types.Metaphorically speaking, I hasten to add.Many of them built up vast fortunes under my father's regime, illegal fortunes, I hasten to add.There a servant hastened to them with water in a golden ewer which she poured over their fingers into a silver bowl.Following his instruction, his party hastened to the windows.I have read from cover to cover with great interest, and now hasten to enclose my subscription.I hasten to add that she was a business acquaintance, not a friend.The cilia in the respiratory tract hasten the exit from the body of possibly harmful foreign material.The agency hoped to hasten the approval process for new drugs.Change is hastened by the Reform Bill.She hastened back into the corridor and slammed the door.3 → I hasten to add 4 literary GO to go somewhere quickly → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus hasten 2 FAST/QUICK to do or say something quickly or without delay SYN hurry hasten to do something I hastened to assure her that there was no danger. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hasten has‧ten / ˈheɪs ən / verb formal 1 CAUSE to make something happen faster or sooner Their departure was hastened by an abnormally cold winter.
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