hasty

Benjamin Franklin warned against making any hasty conclusions on such “a point of great importance.”
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But the thrill was already gone when Fox rushed out a hasty follow-up later that year, The Next Joe Millionaire.
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This course of action is what the Constitution envisions and also slows down the hasty rush to war.
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Haddad flew back immediately to find his city rising up, and is now beating a hasty retreat on the bus-fare increase.
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On a wall in hasty letters: “The rich kids have better gas masks, we are jealous.”
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His stores of oatmeal were brought out, kine were slaughtered; and a rude and hasty meal was set before the numerous guests.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
He is moody, and absent-minded, and—and hasty, and he settles to nothing.
A Change of Air|Anthony Hope
He reflected in silence for a moment, and Denise made, in her turn, a hasty movement of impatience.
The Isle of Unrest|Henry Seton Merriman
Arthur explained his hasty return by alleging he had forgot his purse at the convent.
Anne of Geierstein|Walter Scott
No one was about; and, with a light and hasty step, he proceeded to the hall below, and onward to the porch.
Hildebrand|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for hasty

hasty

/ (ˈheɪstɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

rapid; swift; quick

excessively or rashly quick

short-tempered

showing irritation or angerhasty words

Derived Formshastily, adverbhastiness, noun

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Word Origin and History for hasty

hasty

adj.

mid-14c., "speedy, quick," by 1500s replacing or nativizing earlier hastif (c.1300) "eager, impetuous," from Old French hastif "speedy, rapid; forward, advanced; rash, impetuous" (12c., Modern French hâtif), from haste (see haste). Meaning "requiring haste" is late 14c. (the sense in hasty pudding, 1590s, so called because it was made quickly); that of "rash" is from early 15c. Related: Hastiness. Old French also had a form hasti (for loss of terminal -f, cf. joli/jolif, etc.), which may have influenced the form of the English word.

The termination was doubtless from the first identified with native -i, -y, from OE -ig; and it is noticeable that the other Teutonic langs. have formed corresponding adjs. of that type: Du. haastig, Ger., Da., Sw. hastig. [OED]

hasty

adjective, hast·i·er, hast·i·est.

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adjective -tier or -tiest

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