Definition of hasty Hasty

/hejˈsti/ - [heystee] - hast•y

We found 11 definitions of hasty from 5 different sources.

What does hasty mean?

Adjective hasty, hastier, hastiest
hasty - 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"
		overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
		hurried moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"
hasty - excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"
		headlong
		hurried moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

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hasty (n.)
Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
hasty (n.)
Demanding haste or immediate action.
hasty (n.)
Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
hasty (n.)
Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
hasty (n.)
Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
hasty (n.)
Forward; early; first ripe.

hasty
Precipitate, passionate. He is none of the Hastings sort; a saying of a slow, loitering fellow: an allusion to the Hastings pea, which is the first in season.

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