HyperDic: hasty

English > 2 senses of the word hasty:
ADJECTIVEallhasty, headlongexcessively quick
allhasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitousdone with very great haste and without due deliberation
hasty > pronunciation
Soundshhey'stiy
Rhymesability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...
English > hasty: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningexcessively quick.
Example"made a hasty exit"
Synonymheadlong
BroaderhurriedMoving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
Spanishprecipitado
Catalanprecipitat
Nounshasteoverly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
hastinesshasty impulsiveness
Adverbshastilyin a hurried or hasty / hasty manner
English > hasty: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaningdone with very great haste and without due deliberation.
Examples
  • "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"
Synonymsoverhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
BroaderhurriedMoving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
Spanishprecipitado
Nounshaste, hastinessoverly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

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