Hurry and Need

Hurry

Hurry noun - Excited and often showy or disorderly speed.

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Need and hurry are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead the word "Hurry" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: hurried

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Hurry and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurry" instead the word "Need" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

special	special hurry	special need
particular	particular hurry	particular need
legitimate	legitimate hurry	legitimate need
real	real hurry	real need
Other adjectives: big, extreme, great, huge, immediate, desperate, apparent.

hand	hurry hand	need hand
water	hurry water	need water

This is especially useful when your party is running low on HP and needs to escape to the nearest inn, or if you're in a hurry and need to obtain a random drop for a quest.

Source: Random Encounters
Journey to Chaos: Eric needs Culmus to sober up in a hurry during A Mage's Power, because there's a Rescue Arc they need to get started on.

Source: Hideous Hangover Cure
When he asks what they'll make she says there's no time to explain and they get to work (they need to hurry because they have to be finished before the Wonder Dog android returns).

Source: Western Animation / Superfriends

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