Adjective : a hurried meal. From Dictionary.com.
And it mostly comes off well as a fast-paced story but there were a few problems in its hurriedness. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: The Earthborn by Paul Collins] Reference
Though not essential by any means and suffering from a feeling of hurriedness and spots of vocal shakiness, '. From Wordnik.com. [...All This Time] Reference
There's no sense of hurriedness at these terminals; the plane is waiting for you if you're late, ready for you if you're early. From Wordnik.com. [The Audacity of Hope]
However, denying an individual a firearm because of simple hurriedness/unkemptness fits (1) and (2) because the customer may return at a later time with a different mindset/wardrobe. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Consumer Supremacy?] Reference
"Using various sensors that detect and store information on the drivers' preferences at home and at work, driving conditions the car can gauge the driver's level of skill & hurriedness.". From Wordnik.com. [On Expertise] Reference
Another thing that hurt the story was the occasional use of run-on sentences meant, I suppose, to convey the hurriedness of the speaker but instead were longwinded interruptions to the flow of the story. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: 2007 Hugo Award Short Fiction Nominees] Reference
Another thing that hurt the story was the occasional use of run-on sentences meant, I suppose, to convey the hurriedness of the speaker but instead were long winded interruptions to the flow of the story. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald] Reference
These and many others were buried while yet alive, their features plainly telling of the agonizing thoughts that flashed across their minds at the moment of death, and every detail about them telling of the hurriedness of their attempted flight. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
Teens feel two things: hurriedness (the need to do it all right now) and invincibility, a deadly combination. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
On weekdays Tel Avivians are always in a hurry, buzzing everywhere nonstop, there is definitely a New York hurriedness here. From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
Lim refuted the claim saying he was not preventing debate on the bill but was questioning the hurriedness as members did not have enough time to study the amendments. From Wordnik.com. [My Sinchew -] Reference
Hitherto he had been walking to and fro, a little apart from the group, and with a hurriedness and indecision of movement that betrayed to all the extreme agitation of his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy (Complete)] Reference
Ben Linus's sense of urgency seemed somewhat strange early in the premiere, but that final scene with Ms. Hawking (didn't think we'd see her again) gave us the reason for Ben's hurriedness. From Wordnik.com. [BuddyTV] Reference
When he dropped the coin into the withered palm, he did it with a certain lingering hurriedness, as one frankly unable to repress a human weakness, though nervously striving to have it over quickly and by stealth. From Wordnik.com. [The Seeker] Reference
Off to the races, myself, "she said with good-natured hurriedness. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
There’s no sense of hurriedness at these terminals; the plane is waiting for you if you’re late, ready for you if you’re early. From Wordnik.com. [The Audacity of Hope]
Bullets of hurriedness!. From Wordnik.com. [2006 December « A Bird’s Nest] Reference
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