hasty

[[t]he͟ɪsti[/t]]

hastier, hastiest

1) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n 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.

Syn:

swift, quick

Derived words:

hastily [[t]he͟ɪstɪli[/t]] ADV-GRADED ADV with v

`It may be satisfying, but it's not fun.' `No, I'm sure it's not,' said Virginia hastily. `I didn't mean that.'

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n 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.

Syn:

quick, hurried

Derived words:

hastily ADV-GRADED ADV with v

He said good night hastily, promising that he would phone Hans in the morning...

The survivors were recovering in hastily erected tents.

3) ADJ-GRADED (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.

So let's not be hasty. After all, he can't run away...

A number of the United States' allies had urged him not to take a hasty decision.

Syn:

rash

Derived words:

hastily ADV-GRADED ADV with v

I decided that nothing should be done hastily, that things had to be sorted out carefully.