hasty
adjective
hastiest
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superlativeof hasty.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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When one of the creatures got through, Connery beat the hastiest of retreats.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2020
Alex Smith beat the hastiest retreat since Xerxes fled to the Hellespont.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the hastiest state visit the U.S. had ever laid on.
From Time Magazine Archive
He always was quick on the trigger, but I'll be darned if that wasn't about the hastiest move I ever saw him make.
From Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
I could perceive at the hastiest glance that these people conducted themselves upon a set of motives entirely strange to me.
From The Gates Between by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
