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hast·y
 hasty
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- pronunciation:
- heI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
hastier, hastiest |
| definition 1: |
done or produced quickly; speedy; hurried.
Seeing he'd entered the wrong room, he made a hasty exit.He gave his receptionist a hasty greeting as he hurried into his office.- synonyms:
- fast, hurried, quick, rapid, swift
- antonyms:
- deliberate, slow, unhurried
- similar words:
- cursory, expeditious, headlong, precipitate, prompt
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| definition 2: |
done too quickly to be effective or prudent.
You'll regret that hasty remark.Don't make any hasty judgments.- synonyms:
- precipitate, quick, rash
- antonyms:
- considered, deliberate
- similar words:
- brash, breakneck, cursory, helter-skelter, hurried, incautious, pell-mell, perfunctory, swift
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| definition 3: |
quick to become inflamed, as one's temper.
They feared their employer's hasty temper.- synonyms:
- quick, volatile
- similar words:
- excitable, explosive, fiery, hot, impetuous, inflammable, mercurial, rash
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| related words: |
brusque, dizzy, fast, immediate, imprudent, premature, quick, reckless, snap, snappy, sudden |
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| derivations: |
hastily (adv.), hastiness (n.) |
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