What does hasty mean?
Definitions for hasty
ˈheɪ stihasty
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hasty.
Princeton's WordNet
hasty, headlongadjective
excessively quick
"made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"
hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitousadjective
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"
Wiktionary
hastyadjective
Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it.)
Etymology: hastif (Modern hâtif), from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hastyadjective
Etymology: hastif, French, from haste; haestig, Dutch.
Is all the counsel that we two have shar’d,
The sisters vows, the hours that we have spent,
When we have chid the hasty footed time
For parting us. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. Prov. xiv. 29.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov. xxix. 20.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God. Eccl. v. 2.
Beauty shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the Summer. Is. xxviii. 4.
ChatGPT
hasty
Hasty refers to something done or acting very quickly, often too quickly, with excessive speed or urgency. It can also imply a lack of care or thoughtfulness in actions, decisions, or judgements.
Webster Dictionary
Hastynoun
involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch
Hastynoun
demanding haste or immediate action
Hastynoun
moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager
Hastynoun
made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution
Hastynoun
proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper
Hastynoun
forward; early; first ripe
Etymology: [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n.]
Wikidata
Hasty
Hasty is a census-designated place and a U.S. Post Office located in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 144. The Hasty Post Office has the ZIP Code 81044.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HASTY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hasty is ranked #5244 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hasty surname appeared 6,654 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Hasty.
84.7% or 5,642 total occurrences were White.
10.7% or 715 total occurrences were Black.
2% or 138 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 99 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.4% or 31 total occurrences were Asian.
0.4% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for hasty »
sayth
yasht
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hasty in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hasty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of hasty in a Sentence
The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.
How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
Governor Newsom, who supported the failed initiative to end the death penalty in 2006, is usurping the express will of California voters and substituting his personal preferences via this hasty and ill-considered moratorium on the death penalty.
Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality they discourse like angels, but they live like men.
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- متسرعArabic
- precipitatCatalan, Valencian
- unáhlenýCzech
- eilig, hastigGerman
- de prisa, atropellado, presuroso, arrebatado, apresuradoSpanish
- hätäinen, hätiköity, kiireinenFinnish
- cabhagachScottish Gaelic
- פזיזHebrew
- affrettato, frettoloso, precipitosoItalian
- חפוזHebrew
- 軽率Japanese
- haastigDutch
- precipitado, apressadoPortuguese
- спешный, поспешныйRussian
- اُٻَهِرِي, اُٻَهِروSindhi
- unáhlený, prenáhlenýSlovak
- hastig, förhastadSwedish
- aceleciTurkish
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