hurriedness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hurriedness
    n 1: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon
         regretted his haste" [syn: {haste}, {hastiness}, {hurry},
         {hurriedness}, {precipitation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hurried \Hur"ried\, a.
   1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a
      hurried writer; a hurried life.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried
      job. "A hurried meeting." --Milton. -- {Hur"ried*ly}, adv.
      -- {Hur"ried*ness}, n.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "hurriedness":
      barrel, beeline, bowl along, breeze, bucket, bullet, bustle,
      dig in, dust, fleet, flit, fly, go like lightning, haste, hasten,
      highball, hotfoot, hustle, jog, make tracks, nip, peg, pelt, post,
      rock, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scour, skeet, skin, smoke, speed,
      stave, step on it, tatter, trot, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip

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