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hastier


 
  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") 



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