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hastier definition
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Overview of adj hasty The adj hasty has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) hasty, headlong -- (excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell") 2. hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant -- (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") Antonyms of adj hasty 2 senses of hasty Sense 1 hasty, headlong INDIRECT (VIA hurried) -> unhurried Sense 2 hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant INDIRECT (VIA hurried) -> unhurried Similarity of adj hasty 2 senses of hasty Sense 1 hasty, headlong => hurried (vs. unhurried) Sense 2 hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant => hurried (vs. unhurried) Attributes of adj hasty Familiarity of adj hasty hasty used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj hasty hasty overhasty Overview of adj hasty The adj hasty has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) hasty, headlong -- (excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell") 2. hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant -- (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")
hastier definition
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