Hasty
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈheɪsti/
- Rhymes: -eɪsti
Origin
Old French hastif (Modern hâtif), from Frankish.
Full definition of hasty
Adjective
hasty
- Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it.)
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, S:Little Women/Chapter 28, Watch yourself, be the first to ask pardon if you both err, and guard against the little piques, misunderstandings, and hasty words that often pave the way for bitter sorrow and regret.
- 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, S:Uncle Tom's Cabin/Chapter XVII, But about three o'clock George's ear caught the hasty and decided click of a horse's hoof coming behind them at some distance and jogged Phineas by the elbow.