Antonyms for hurry


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : hur-ee, huhr-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɜr i, ˈhʌr i


Definition of hurry

Origin :
  • 1590, first recorded in Shakespeare, who used it often; perhaps a variant of harry (v.), or perhaps a West Midlands sense of Middle English hurren "to vibrate rapidly, buzz," from Proto-Germanic *hurza "to move with haste" (cf. Middle High German hurren "to whir, move fast," Old Swedish hurra "to whirl round"), which also perhaps is the root of hurl. Related: hurried; hurrying.
  • noun speed in action, motion
  • verb act, move speedily
Example sentences :
  • Let me fix your hair and we'll hurry to Vinton's as fast as ever we can.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Now hurry into your dressing gown and let's begin our letters.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • So hurry up and get out of here, if you know what's good for you!
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • God does not hurry such: have we enough of hope for them, or patience with them?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Even now, Burke did not look up, and his pen continued to hurry over the paper.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • You hurry me so much that I have knocked my head against the window-shutter.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • Oh, no; I like her very much, but she was in a hurry to leave town.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • This is the animal page of the Sunday Star and Cadge is in a hurry for it, to do the obbligato.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • You see, we left the shop in such a hurry we never thought about powder and ball.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • I don't think she will, but you needn't be in a hurry—there's plenty of time.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Synonyms for hurry

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