Hasty Definition & Meaning
hasty
- adjective
- excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"
- 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"
"Hasty" in song lyrics
See how hasty is used in real songs:
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"But let me not be too hasty"
Bavu Blakes — I -
"That makes me, get the gat and react hasty"
Black Knights f/ KAM — Banged Out -
"Hours ahead of us, no need to act hasty"
The Pharcyde — Feeling Freaky
Words that rhyme with hasty
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- What does hasty mean?
- excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" 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"
- What part of speech is hasty?
- Hasty is an adjective.
- How many definitions does hasty have?
- Hasty has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).