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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asked hurriedly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone who is asking a question or making a request in a quick or rushed manner.
Example: "She asked hurriedly if anyone had seen her lost dog."
Alternatives: "inquired quickly" or "questioned in haste."
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He shivered from the morning cold and started to walk away, but he was stopped by one of the bulldozer operators, who asked him hurriedly, "Excuse me, is this yours?," and showed him a blank stretched canvas.
"What's your name?," Mr. Cohen asked the woman hurriedly.
Close Read is late on this one — James Fallows, with Paul Krugman, has already done a good job of analyzing Ferguson's daftness; at one point, Ferguson challenged Fallows to print something, than hurriedly asked him to take it down.
As he was about to leave, I hurriedly asked, "Do you want my number?" He said, "Yeah," so I gave it to him.
When John Ashcroft had barely been confirmed as attorney general, he asked Justice Thomas to hurriedly swear him in.
When its counterparties hurriedly returned their borrowed securities and asked for their cash back, American authorities were tapped for a bail-out that ultimately reached $182 billion.
Don't be flustered when you're hurriedly seated at a community table and asked to order.
Because just mere minutes after I had asked him that, my night nurse came in and hurriedly explained that they needed to take my brand new baby boy literally out of my arms and rush him to the NICU.
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Asked to justify the pledges, Cameron simply said: look at our record of delivery, but then hurriedly offered a law on tax to keep him honest.
When I joined the British Territorial Army infantry back in the late '90s (bit of a long story) and had my medical, the (woman) doctor asked a topless me, "Do you shave your chest?" It was still verboten back then to be gay and in the army, so I hurriedly said, "Er, yes.
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