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[ adjective ] excessively quick

Synonyms

headlong

Examples

"made a hasty exit" "a headlong rush to sell"

Used in print

(Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)

Implements of wood and iron are available for close and hasty combat no_matter where a man stands .

Related terms

hurried

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6034
3
[ adjective ] done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Synonyms

precipitate precipitant precipitous overhasty

Examples

"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

Related terms

hurried

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Rhymes with

tasty thirsty testy feisty sixty gusty nasty dusty misty musty rusty lusty bloodthirsty trusty frosty christie crusty twisty honesty dynasty trustee amnesty modesty dishonesty travesty angioplasty majesty enlistee

Phonetic and Homophones

HH EY1 S T IY0 Hastie  hastey

Similar Spelling

Haist Hassett haughty haste Hastie hassid hayseed Haygood Haught Haight Haastia

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