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hasty

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1. hasty - Noun

2. hasty - Adjective

3. hasty - Adjective Satellite

4. Hasty - Proper noun

Meaning

Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

Demanding haste or immediate action.

Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.

Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.

Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.

Forward; early; first ripe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. Woodrow Wilson

Natural science served as - if we overlook the hasty identification of mind and matter which had its origin in natural science - as a shining and fruitful example to psychology. Hermann Ebbinghaus

Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided. William Penn

Hasty climbers have sudden falls. English Proverb

A hasty work is seldom good. Hungarian Proverb

To a hasty question a leisurely answer. Portuguese Proverb

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