in a hurry

in a hurry

1. (adjectival) Rushed, hurried; short of time.

   I can’t stop now. I'm in rather a hurry.

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2. (adverbial) In a hurried manner.

• Although it is not comparable, hurry can be qualified using in a great hurry, in more of a hurry, etc.

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• “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.