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1hasty — [hās′tē] adj. hastier, hastiest [ME hasti < OFr hasti, hastif: see HASTE] 1. done or made with haste; quick; hurried [a hasty lunch] 2. done or made too quickly and with too little thought; rash; impetuous 3. short tempered 4. showing… …
2hasty — [[t]he͟ɪsti[/t]] hastier, hastiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A hasty movement, action, or statement is sudden, and often done in reaction to something that has just happened. One company is giving its employees airplane tickets in the event they… …
3hasty — hast|y [ˈheısti] adj 1.) done in a hurry, especially with bad results = ↑hurried ▪ He soon regretted his hasty decision. ▪ a hasty breakfast 2.) be hasty to do something too soon, without careful enough thought ▪ Let s not be hasty sit down for a …
4hasty — [ˈheɪsti] adj done in a hurry, without thinking carefully, or doing something too quickly a hasty marriage[/ex] Don t be hasty about making this decision.[/ex] hastily adv …
5hasty — adjective /ˈheɪsti/ Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it.) See Also: haste, hasten, hasteful, hurried …
6too soon — Synonyms and related words: a bit previous, advanced, far ahead, forward, half baked, half cocked, hasty, ill considered, ill seasoned, ill timed, improper, impulsive, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, inexpedient, infelicitous,… …
7hasty — adj. (hastier, hastiest) 1 hurried; acting too quickly or hurriedly. 2 said, made, or done too quickly or too soon; rash, unconsidered. 3 quick tempered. Derivatives: hastily adv. hastiness n. Etymology: ME f. OF hasti, hastif (as HASTE, IVE) …
8hasty — Synonyms and related words: a bit previous, abrupt, accident prone, ad lib, advanced, agile, antsy, antsy pantsy, anxious, bearish, brash, breakneck, breathless, brief, brisk, careless, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, chafing,… …
9Jenny Don't Be Hasty — Infobox Single Name = Jenny Don t Be Hasty Artist = Paolo Nutini from Album = These Streets Released = September 25, 2006 Format = CD Recorded = 2006 Genre = Pop/Rock Length = 3:31 Label = Atlantic Records Producer = Chart position = * #20 (UK) * …
10beat a hasty retreat — beat a (hasty) retreat ► to decide not to continue with something that has become too difficult or not worth doing: »Most of the market beat a hasty retreat, investors being unimpressed by a volatile performance on Wall Street. beat a retreat… …
