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- [hey-stee]
- /ˈheɪ sti/
- /ˈheɪ.sti/
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- [hey-stee]
- /ˈheɪ sti/
Definitions of hasty word
- adjective hasty moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried. 1
- adjective hasty made or done with haste or speed: a hasty visit. 1
- adjective hasty unduly quick; precipitate; rash: a hasty decision. 1
- adjective hasty brief; fleeting; slight; superficial: a hasty glance. 1
- adjective hasty impatient; impetuous; thoughtless; injudicious: hasty words. 1
- adjective hasty easily irritated or angered; irascible: a hasty temper. 1
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Origin of hasty
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Middle French hasti, hastif; see haste, -ive
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Parts of speech for Hasty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hasty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hasty
adj hasty
- rapid — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- hurried — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
adjective hasty
- expeditious — Done with speed and efficiency.
adverb hasty
- double-quick — very quick or rapid.
- fleetly — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- posthaste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- full tilt — at the full potential, speed, energy, forcefulness, etc.
Antonyms for hasty
adj hasty
- leisurely — acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation.
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- kind — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
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