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English Dictionary: hasty	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hasty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hasty adj excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" Synonym(s): hasty, headlong 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" Synonym(s): hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Hasty employment.[b8] --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.] [bd]As the hasty fruit before the summer.[b8] --Is. xxviii. 4.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hasty, AR Zip code(s): 72640