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hastenings

hastenings is the plural of hastening.

Meaning of hastening

Noun

hastening (plural hastenings)

  1. The act of speeding up; a growing faster.
    • Miss D. had found that regular blinking, or a loud-ticking watch, or horizontal lines or marks on the ground, etc., similarly served to pace her, and to prevent the incontinent hastenings and retardations which otherwise marred her ambulation.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    Synonyms:
    acceleration

Questions about hastenings

What is hastenings the plural of?
Hastenings is the plural of hastening.

Words near hastenings in the dictionary

  1. hastener
  2. hasteners
  3. hastenest
  4. hasteneth
  5. hastening
  6. hastenings
  7. hastens
  8. Hastert rule
  9. hastes
  10. hastest
  11. hasteth

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