à la hâte

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a la at/ ~ /a la ɑt/
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Adverb

à la hâte

  1. in a hurry, hurriedly, hastily
    Synonyms: à l’arrache, à la va-vite, en hâte
    • 1893, Alphonse Bertillon, Identification anthropométrique, instructions signalétiques, Imprimerie Administrative, page i-xii:
      L’édition de 1885, très incomplète, avait été composée à la hâte, en l’espace de quelques mois, dans le but de donner satisfaction à la demande de MM. de Renzis et Bodio, en présentant la nouvelle méthode au Congrès pénitentiaire international de Rome.
      The 1885 edition, very incomplete, had been composed hastily in the space of a few months, with the goal of satisfying the request of Mr. de Renzis and Mr. Bodio by presenting the new method at the International Prison Congress at Rome.
    • 2018 August 28, “L'architecte Renzo Piano propose de dessiner un nouveau pont gratuitement à Gênes”, in sudouest.fr, Société Anonyme de Presse et d'édition du Sud Ouest:
      Je ne crois pas au temps record pour la reconstruction. Je crois au bon moment, nous devons le faire rapidement mais pas à la hâte.
      I do not believe in record time for rebuilding. I believe in the right time; we must do it quickly, but not hastily.