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   Hast·y

   /ˈhāstē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. done or acting with excessive speed or urgency; hurried: "a hasty attempt to defuse the situation" Similar quickhurriedfastswiftrapidspeedybriskhurryingexpeditiouscursoryperfunctorybriefshortfleetingpassingflyingtransitoryliterary:fleetratherashimpetuousimpulsiverecklessprecipitateprecipitousincautiousimprudentspur-of-the-momentprematureill-consideredunconsideredunthinkingill-advisedill-judgedinjudiciousrare:temerariousOpposite slowconsidered
   • ▪ acting with with excessive speed or insufficient consideration: "don't be too hasty in criticizing a colleague"
   • ▪ quick-tempered.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French hasti, hastif, from haste (see haste).

   Derivatives

   • 1. hastiness noun

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   What does hasty mean?

   • 倉促的，輕率的… 仓促的，轻率的… precipitado, apresurado/ada [masculine-feminine], veloz [masculine-feminine]… precipitado, apressado/-da… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! HASTY definition: done very quickly, usually too quickly and without thinking enough: . Learn more.

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   What does it mean if a person is too hasty?

   • hasty in doing something (of a person) acting or deciding too quickly, without enough thought Perhaps I was too hasty in rejecting his offer. adverb Perhaps I spoke too hastily. She hastily changed the subject. See hasty in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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   What is hasty Middle English?

   • Definition of Hasty Middle English: from Old French hasti, hastif, from haste (see haste). Synonyms of Hasty

   Hasty Hindi Meaning: अविवेकपूर्ण Avivekpūrṇ Meaning

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   What does hastily mean?

   • Not having completed the loading of his gun, Tom hastily rode behind a dense bush, and concealed himself as well as he could. He paused; and hastily wrote a few lines, to say that parent still lived, and would yet proclaim himself with honour to the world. Hastily definition: with haste; rapidly; speedily.

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