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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hasty \Has"ty\ (h[=a]s"t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Hastier}
     (-t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Hastiest}.] [Akin to D. haastig, G.,
     Sw., & Dan. hastig. See {Haste}, n.]
     1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty
        retreat; a hasty sketch.
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     2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] --Chaucer.
        "Hasty employment." --Shak.
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     3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying;
        hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash;
        easily excited; eager.
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              Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There
              is more hope of a fool than of him.   --Prov. xxix.
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              The hasty multitude
              Admiring entered.                     --Milton.
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              Be not hasty to go out of his sight.  --Eccl. viii.
                                                    3.
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     4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a
        hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty
        resolution.
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     5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
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              Take no unkindness of his hasty words. --Shak.
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     6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit
        before the summer." --Is. xxviii. 4.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hastier
       See {hasty}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hasty
       adj 1: excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to
              sell" [syn: {headlong}]
       2: 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}, {precipitous}]
       [also: {hastiest}, {hastier}]

















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