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Hasty
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What's The Definition Of Hasty?
[adj] excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"
[adj] done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hasty: headlong | hurried | overhasty | precipitant | precipitate Related Terms | Find terms related to Hasty: a bit previous | abrupt | accident-prone | ad-lib | advanced | agile | antsy | antsy-pantsy | anxious | bearish | brash | breakneck | breathless | brief | brisk | careless | caught napping | caught off balance | caught short | chafing | choleric | combustible | contentious | cranky | cursory | dashing | desperate | devil-may-care | double-quick | eager | eagle-winged | edgy | electrifying | excited | expeditious | explosive | express | extemporaneous | extemporized | far ahead | fast | festinate | feverish | fiery | fleet | fleeting | flying | forward | fretful | fretting | furious | galloping | hair-trigger | half-baked | half-cocked | haphazard | harum-scarum | headlong | heedless | hopped-up | hot | hotheaded | hot-tempered | hurried | hustling | ill-advised | ill-considered | immediate | impatient | impetuous | impromptu | improvised | impulsive | in a lather | in a stew | in a sweat | incautious | inconsiderate | instant | instantaneous | irascible | irritable | last-minute | light of heel | light-footed | lively | mad | madcap | makeshift | mercurial | momentary | nerve-shattering | nimble | nimble-footed | not firm | on edge | on the spot | overeager | overenthusiastic | overhasty | oversoon | overzealous | passing | passionate | peppery | perfunctory | petulant | precipitant | precipitate | precipitous | precocious | premature | previous | prompt | quick | quick as lightning | quick as thought | quick-tempered | rapid | rash | reckless | restive | restless | rough-and-ready | running | rushed | rushing | shocking | short-tempered | slap-bang | slapdash | snap | snappy | spanking | speedy | splenetic | spunky | squirming | squirmy | startling | sudden | superficial | surprised | surprising | swift | taken aback | taken by surprise | taken unawares | testy | thoughtless | too early | too soon | tripped up | unanticipated | unarranged | unbegun | unconcocted | uncontrived | uncrystallized | undeliberated | undevised | uneasy | unexpected | unforeseen | unhatched | unjelled | unlooked-for | unmade | unmanufactured | unmatured | unmeditated | unorganized | unpatient | unplanned | unpredicted | unpremeditated | unprepared | unprimed | unquiet | unready | unripe | unstudied | unthinking | untimely | urgent | volatile | volcanic | wanton | waspish | wild | winged See Also | Hasty In Webster's Dictionary \Has"ty\, a. [Compar. {Hastier}; superl. {Hastiest}.]
[Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See {Haste}, n.]
1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty
sketch.
2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] --Chaucer.
``Hasty employment.'' --Shak.
3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying;
hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash;
easily excited; eager.
4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a
hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty
resolution.
5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
Take no unkindness of his hasty words. --Shak.
6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] ``As the hasty fruit
before the summer.'' --Is. xxviii. 4.
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