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hast⋅y

  [hey-stee]
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–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

Related forms:
hast⋅i⋅ly, adverb
hast⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. swift, rapid, fast, fleet, brisk. 3. foolhardy, reckless, headlong. 6. testy, touchy, fiery, excitable, irritable.

Antonyms:
1. slow. 3. deliberate.
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hast·y   (hā'stē)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Hastily

Has"ti*ly\, adv. [From Hasty.]

1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.

We hastily engaged in the war. --Swift.

3. Passionately; impatiently. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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