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 hasty hasty /ˈheɪsti/

adjective

  1. () Excessively quick  ( headlong , Gadarene , hasty )
    excessively quick
     Made a hasty exit
    made a hasty exit
     A headlong rush to sell
    a headlong rush to sell
  2. Done with very great haste and without due deliberation  ( hasty , overhasty , precipitant , precipitate , precipitous )
    done with very great haste and without due deliberation
     Hasty marriage seldom proveth well
    hasty marriage seldom proveth well
     Hasty makeshifts take the place of planning
    hasty makeshifts take the place of planning
     Rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
    rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
     Wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
    wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king