Thesaurus: hasty

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1. n. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
2. n. Demanding haste or immediate action.
3. n. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
4. n. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
5. n. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
6. n. Forward; early; first ripe.
7. adj. excessively quick
8. adj. done with very great haste and without due deliberation
9. 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch. 2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. "Hasty employment." Shak. 3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager. 4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution. 5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak 6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the summer." Is. xxviii. 4.
10. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak
11. j:100 s. excessively quick s. done with very great haste and without due deliberation