1. impetuous, reckless, rash; quick, swift. hasty\has"ty\ , a. [compar. hastier ; superl. hastiest.] [akin to d. haastig, g., sw., & dan. hastig. see:
haste, n.].
2. involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
3. demanding haste or immediate action. [r.] "hasty employment.".
4. moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
5. made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
6. proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. take no unkindness of his hasty words.
7. forward; early; first ripe. [obs.] "as the hasty fruit before the summer." xxviii. 4.hasty adj.
8. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" [syn: headlong].
9. 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" [syn: overhasty, precipitate, precipitant].
10. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.
11. Demanding haste or immediate action.
12. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
13. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
14. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
15. Forward; early; first ripe. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" 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"; "wonderedwhether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king".
16. 1. 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 need to make a hasty escape. = swift, quick + hastily hasti·ly `It may be satisfying, but it's not fun.' `No, I'm sure it's not,' said Virginia hastily. `I didn't mean that.' = swiftly.
17. A hasty event or action is one that is completed more quickly than normal. After the hasty meal, the men had moved forward to take up their positions. = quick, hurried + hastily hasti·ly He said good night hastily, promising that he would phone Hans in the morning = hurriedly.
18. disapproval If you describe a person or their behaviour as hasty, you mean that they are acting too quickly, without thinking carefully, for example because they are angry. A number of the United States' allies had urged him not to take a hasty decision. = rash + hastily hasti·ly I decided that nothing should be done hastily, that things had to be sorted out carefully.