Antonyms for hasty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hey-stee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪ sti |
Definition of hasty
Origin :- mid-14c., "speedy, quick," by 1500s replacing or nativizing earlier hastif (c.1300) "eager, impetuous," from Old French hastif "speedy, rapid; forward, advanced; rash, impetuous" (12c., Modern French hâtif), from haste (see haste). Meaning "requiring haste" is late 14c. (the sense in hasty pudding, 1590s, so called because it was made quickly); that of "rash" is from early 15c. Related: Hastiness. Old French also had a form hasti (for loss of terminal -f, cf. joli/jolif, etc.), which may have influenced the form of the English word.
- The termination was doubtless from the first identified with native -i, -y, from OE -ig; and it is noticeable that the other Teutonic langs. have formed corresponding adjs. of that type: Du. haastig, Ger., Da., Sw. hastig. [OED]
- adj speedy; without much thought
- Grace was in the middle of a hasty toilet when a knock sounded on the door.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- He is very severe against me indeed, and yet I hope I have not been hasty in my judgment of her.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- I was no sooner out of this difficulty, than a hasty temper got me into another.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- She sat down, wrote a hasty line, sealed, and gave it to Morton.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The loss of their leader so disheartened them that they made a hasty retreat.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Hasty you may have been, but I know that wickedness never had a lodgment in your heart.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- A pushing open of the outer door, a bang, and hasty footsteps in the hall.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- He's a great deal older than you, and if he was hasty, you was hasty too.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- He stopped before us and scowled at the soldier who saluted in hasty confusion.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- And the artist, judging with a hasty bias perhaps, is likely to answer no.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
Synonyms for hasty
- abrupt
- agile
- brash
- breakneck
- brief
- brisk
- careless
- chop-chop
- cursory
- eager
- expeditious
- fast
- fiery
- fleet
- fleeting
- foolhardy
- harefooted
- headlong
- heedless
- hurried
- ill-advised
- impatient
- impetuous
- impulsive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- madcap
- on the double
- passing
- PDQ
- perfunctory
- precipitate
- prompt
- pronto
- quick
- quickened
- quickie
- rapid
- rash
- reckless
- rushed
- short
- slambang
- slapdash
- snappy
- sudden
- superficial
- swift
- thoughtless
- urgent
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