hasty

[Has·ty]

Hasty means speedy and brash. If you try to make a hasty exit after breaking up with someone, you’ll seem like a jerk.

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Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

Adjective S.
excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

Adjective S.
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


n.
Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

n.
Demanding haste or immediate action.

n.
Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.

n.
Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.

n.
Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.

n.
Forward; early; first ripe.


Hasty

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.
6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the summer."

Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

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Usage Examples

Whenever I have bid a hasty goodbye to a loved one, I've always made sure that my record collection was safely stored away in the boot of the car.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.

Thus, it was to seek true civilization and true justice for all the peoples of the world, and to view this as the destruction of personal freedom and respect is to be assailed by the hatred and emotion of war, and to make hasty judgments.

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