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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hasty \Has"ty\ (h[=a]s"t[y^]), adjective [Compar. {Hastier} (-t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Hastiest}.] [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See {Haste}, noun]
1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.
2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] --Chaucer. ''Hasty employment.'' --Shak.
3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. --Prov. xxix. 20.
The hasty multitude Admiring entered. --Milton.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight. --Eccl. viii. 3.
4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
Take no unkindness of his hasty words. --Shak.
6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] ''As the hasty fruit before the summer.'' --Is. xxviii. 4.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hasty
adjective
1: excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" [syn: {headlong}]
2: 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" [syn: {overhasty}, {precipitate}, {precipitant}, {precipitous}] [also: {hastiest}, {hastier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
191 Moby Thesaurus words for "hasty": a bit previous, abrupt, accident-prone, ad-lib, advanced, agile, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, bearish, brash, breakneck, breathless, brief, brisk, careless, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, chafing, choleric, combustible, contentious, cranky, cursory, dashing, desperate, devil-may-care, double-quick, eager, eagle-winged, edgy, electrifying, excited, expeditious, explosive, express, extemporaneous, extemporized, far ahead, fast, festinate, feverish, fiery, fleet, fleeting, flying, forward, fretful, fretting, furious, galloping, hair-trigger, half-baked, half-cocked, haphazard, harum-scarum, headlong, heedless, hopped-up, hot, hot-tempered, hotheaded, hurried, hustling, ill-advised, ill-considered, immediate, impatient, impetuous, impromptu, improvised, impulsive, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, incautious, inconsiderate, instant, instantaneous, irascible, irritable, last-minute, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mad, madcap, makeshift, mercurial, momentary, nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, not firm, on edge, on the spot, overeager, overenthusiastic, overhasty, oversoon, overzealous, passing, passionate, peppery, perfunctory, petulant, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, precocious, premature, previous, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quick-tempered, rapid, rash, reckless, restive, restless, rough-and-ready, running, rushed, rushing, shocking, short-tempered, slap-bang, slapdash, snap, snappy, spanking, speedy, splenetic, spunky, squirming, squirmy, startling, sudden, superficial, surprised, surprising, swift, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares, testy, thoughtless, too early, too soon, tripped up, unanticipated, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted, uncontrived, uncrystallized, undeliberated, undevised, uneasy, unexpected, unforeseen, unhatched, unjelled, unlooked-for, unmade, unmanufactured, unmatured, unmeditated, unorganized, unpatient, unplanned, unpredicted, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unquiet, unready, unripe, unstudied, unthinking, untimely, urgent, volatile, volcanic, wanton, waspish, wild, winged
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hasty, AR Zip code(s): 72640
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