in a hurry
English
Prepositional phrase
- (adjectival) Rushed, hurried; short of time.
- I can’t stop now. I'm in rather a hurry.
- 1984, Nena, Kevin McAlea (lyrics and music), “99 Red Balloons”, in 99 Luftballons:
- To worry, worry, super-scurry / Call out the troops now in a hurry
- (adverbial) In a hurried manner.
Usage notes
- Although it is not comparable, hurry can be qualified using in a great hurry, in more of a hurry, etc.
Derived terms
Translations
rushed, hurried; short of time
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Further reading
- “in a hurry”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “in a hurry” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “in a hurry”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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