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hun: hirtelen

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Meaning
means	(adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, hasty
means	(adjective) happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure" sudden
means	(adjective) exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather" abrupt
means	(adjective) extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" sharp, abrupt, precipitous
means	(adjective) so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks" startling
means	(adjective) excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" headlong, hasty
means	(adverb) quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" dead, short, abruptly, suddenly
means	(adverb) happening unexpectedly; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side" all of a sudden, suddenly, of a sudden
means	(adverb) without warning; "all at once, he started shouting" all of a sudden, all at once
means	(adverb) on impulse; without premeditation; "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly" suddenly, on the spur of the moment
means	(adverb) in a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue" unexpectedly, out of the blue
means	(adverb) with rapid movements; "he works quickly" chop-chop, speedily, quickly, apace, rapidly

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