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hast⋅y

   [hey-stee]
–adjective, hast⋅i⋅er, hast⋅i⋅est.
1. moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
2. made or done with haste or speed: a hasty visit.
3. unduly quick; precipitate; rash: a hasty decision.
4. brief; fleeting; slight; superficial: a hasty glance.
5. impatient; impetuous; thoughtless; injudicious: hasty words.
6. easily irritated or angered; irascible: a hasty temper.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF hasti, hastif; see haste, -ive
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hast·y     (hā'stē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   hast·i·er, hast·i·est
  1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1.
  2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. See Synonyms at impetuous.
  3. Easily angered; irritable.
hast'i·ly adv., hast'i·ness n.
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hastiness

noun
1. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: haste] 
2. hasty impulsiveness 

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Hastiness

Has"ti*ness\, n. The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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