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hasty

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hast·y  (hst)
adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est
1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1.
2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. See Synonyms at impetuous.
3. Easily angered; irritable.

hasti·ly adv.
hasti·ness n.

hasty [ˈheɪstɪ]
adj -tier, -tiest
1. rapid; swift; quick
2. excessively or rashly quick
3. short-tempered
4. showing irritation or anger hasty words
hastily  adv
hastiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hasty - excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"
hurried - moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"
2.hasty - done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
hurried - moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

hasty
adjective
1. speedy, fast, quick, prompt, rapid, fleet, hurried, urgent, swift, brisk, expeditious they need to make a hasty escape.
speedy slow, leisurely
2. brief, short, quick, passing, rushed, fleeting, superficial, cursory, perfunctory, transitory After the hasty meal, they took up their positions.
brief long, protracted
Translations
hasty [ˈheɪstɪ] ADJ (hastier (compar) (hastiest (superl)))
1. (= hurried) → apresurado, precipitado
2. (= rash) → precipitado
don't be so hastyno te precipites
hasty [ˈheɪsti] adj [departure, return] → précipité(e); [decision] → hâtif/ive; [conclusion] → hâtif/ive
don't be hasty → ne prend pas de décision hâtive
to beat a hasty retreat → prendre ses jambes à son cou
hasty
adj (+er)
(= hurried) meal, movement, goodbyehastig; kiss, glance, examinationflüchtig; departureplötzlich; to beat a hasty retreat, to make a hasty escapesich schnellstens aus dem Staub machen (inf); we ate a hasty breakfastwir frühstückten hastig or in aller Eile; I bade a hasty goodbye (dated)ich verabschiedete mich hastig or in aller Eile
(= rash, too quick) marriage, decision, reactionüberstürzt, übereilt; actionvoreilig; judgementvorschnell; don’t be hasty!nicht so schnell or hastig!; I had been too hastyich hatte voreilig gehandelt; to take a hasty decisioneine Entscheidung überstürzen
hasty [ˈheɪstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (hurried) → frettoloso/a; (rash) → affrettato/a, precipitoso/a
hasty [ˈheɪstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (hurried) → frettoloso/a; (rash) → affrettato/a, precipitoso/a


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It appeared, indeed, from the countenance of this proprietor, that he was of a frank, but hasty and choleric temper.
("That's exactly the method," the Bellman bold In a hasty parenthesis cried, "That's exactly the way I have always been told That the capture of Snarks should be tried
Having been published without his usual elaborate revision, Poe may have wished to hide his hasty work under an assumed name.
 
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