Hasty

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Forward; early; first ripe.

II. Hasty ·noun Demanding haste or immediate action.

III. Hasty ·noun Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.

IV. Hasty ·noun Involving haste; done, made, ·etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

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

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

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