hastyadjective
uk/ˈheɪ.sti/us/ˈheɪ.sti/Hasty actions are done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or thought:
He warned against making hasty decisions.
Now let's not leap to any hasty conclusions.
We saw the rain and made a hasty retreat into the bar.
I think perhaps we were a little hasty in judging him.
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
- accelerate
- acceleration
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity
- dose
- grease
- haste
- hasten
- hit/press/push the panic button idiom
- hurried
- patch
- rush
- rush into sth
- rush job
- rushed
- scrabble
- sharpish
- snap
- throw
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Not paying attention
hastily
adverb uk/ˈheɪ.stəl.i/us/ˈheɪ.stəl.i/
"He looks good for his age. Not that 55 is old," she added hastily.
hastiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈheɪ.sti.nəs/us/ˈheɪ.sti.nəs/