What does hastening mean?
Hastening means present participle and gerund of hasten.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of hasten.
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.
The secret seems to be a very precise control of the subtle slackenings and hastenings of tempo that are essential to Scriabin's idiom[…]
Use hastening when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hastening means present participle and gerund of hasten.
Common synonyms include acceleration, fast, speed, speeding.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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