01 a. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.
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Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.
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Demanding haste or immediate action.[R.]
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Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.“Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.” — Prov. xxix. 20.“The hasty multitude Admiring entered.” — Milton.“Be not hasty to go out of his sight.” — Eccl. viii. 3.
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Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
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Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.“Take no unkindness of his hasty words.” — Shak.
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Forward; early; first ripe.[Obs.]