festinately

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adverb

In a festinate manner; hastily; hurriedly.

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Meanings

adverbfestinately (comparative more festinately, superlative most festinately)

comparative more festinately · superlative most festinately

  1. obsoleteIn a festinate manner; hastily; hurriedly.

    Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither.

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]

Origin

From festinate + -ly.

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APA

festinately. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festinately

MLA

“festinately.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festinately. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “festinately,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festinately.

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