hasty
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
hastier;
hastiest
hastier;
hastiest
Britannica Dictionary definition of HASTY
[also more hasty; most hasty]
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a
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done or made very quickly
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I made a hasty sketch of the scene.
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Seeing the dog, the cat made/beat a hasty retreat up a tree.
b
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done or made too quickly
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We don't want to make any hasty decisions.
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a hasty marriage
2
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She hastily gathered her things and left.
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a hastily made decision
— hastiness
noun [noncount]-
the hastiness [=haste] of his decision
