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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.
EXPANDimpatient; impetuous; thoughtless; injudicious: hasty words.
6.
COLLAPSEeasily irritated or angered; irascible: a hasty temper.
Related forms
hast·i·ly, adverb
hast·i·ness, noun
un·hast·i·ly, adverb
un·hast·y, adjective
Synonyms
1. swift, rapid, fast, fleet, brisk. 3. foolhardy, reckless, headlong. 6. testy, touchy, fiery, excitable, irritable.
1. swift, rapid, fast, fleet, brisk. 3. foolhardy, reckless, headlong. 6. testy, touchy, fiery, excitable, irritable.
Antonyms
1. slow. 3. deliberate.
1. slow. 3. deliberate.
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Hasty
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Example Sentences
- In many ways, the first inauguration was a hasty, slapdash affair.
- Pettersen made a hasty exit and did not talk to reporters.
- Despite my hasty departure from college, I had always been warm to the idea of academe and to academics.
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Word Origin & History
hasty
mid-14c., "speedy, quick," from O.Fr. hasti, hastif (Mod.Fr. hâtif), from haste (Mod.Fr. hâte); see haste. Meaning "requiring haste" is late 14c. (the sense in hasty pudding, 1590s, so called because it was made quickly); that of "rash" is from early 15c.
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