hastier; hastiest
1
a
: done or made in a hurry
hasty city-street snapshots—
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b
: fast and typically superficial
made a hasty examination of the wound
c
archaic
: rapid in action or movement : speedy
2
: acting too quickly : overly eager or impatient
realized he had been hasty in quitting his job
3
: exhibiting a lack of careful thought or consideration : precipitate, rash
We don't want to make any hasty decisions.
4
: prone to anger : irritable
a hasty temperament
hastiness
noun
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Examples of hasty in a Sentence
I made a hasty sketch of the scene.
Seeing the dog, the cat made a hasty retreat up a tree.
We don't want to make any hasty decisions.
He later realized that he was too hasty in his decision to quit.
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Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Caleb, once away, makes a hasty escape, this time in a truck, and before Athena can stop Sparks, the probie has jumped onto the back of the vehicle.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
For instance, after losing the 2020 election, Trump wanted to impose a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan in his waning weeks as commander in chief: the same kind of disastrous retreat that President Joe Biden authorized a half year later.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Manifestations of that disability, along with a medical hypothesis that no responsible doctor would espouse today, resulted in hasty allegations and then the conviction of an innocent man.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Hasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hasty. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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hasty
adjective
hastier; hastiest
1
a
: done or made in a hurry
made a hasty sketch of the scene
b
: fast and often not thorough
made a hasty survey of the problem
2
: acting or done without forethought : rash
3
: quick to anger : irritable
a hasty temper
hastily
adverb
-stə-lē
hastiness
noun
-stē-nəs
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