What is the Latin word for hastily?

The usual Latin words for “hastily” are festīnanter, properus, properanter; also mātūrō, raptim, arrogāns. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“hastily” in Latin

festīnanterpromptly, speedily, quickly; hastily, hurriedly properushasty, quick, speedy properanterquickly, with haste mātūrōto ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity; to mature, ripen, soften; to hasten, accelerate, despatch raptimhastily, suddenly, speedily, hurriedly arrogānsassuming haughtily, presumptuous; insolent, arrogant, conceited, or overbearing cōnfīdenterboldly, daringly; audaciously; impudently cupiduseager, desirous, passionate, fond (+ genitive or + in ablative); greedy, covetous; wanton, lecherous subeōto go under, come under; enter; to come or go up to, approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; come or go on;

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

hastily

Hastily, festinanter (with the haste of impatience, precipitation): propere: properanter: properantius (with the haste of energy): maturate (early, quickly): raptim (in a hurried manner): Sometimes arroganter, confidenter (of deciding a point hastely from over-confidence in one’s own judgement): cupide or cupidius (with haste prompted by desire; e.g., cupidius credere, Liv.): subito (suddenly). Too hastely, praepropere: inconsulte: nimis festinanter: to act too hastely in anything, praecipitem ferri in aliqua re: to fling out a remark too hastely, inconsultius evectus projicio aliquid (Liv., 35, 31). To decide anything hastely, aliquid prius dijudico, quam quid rei sit sciam (Ter. Heaut., 2, 2, 8). ☞ With reference to the person, the adjectives festinans, properans, maturans are often used; as, to write hastely, properantem or raptim scribere: to come hastely, maturantem venire.

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What is the Latin word for hastily?: The usual Latin words for “hastily” are festīnanter, properus, properanter; also mātūrō, raptim, arrogāns. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.