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Webster 1913 Edition

Hasty

Has′ty

(hās′ty̆)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Hastier
(-tĭ-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
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.
Shakespeare
6.
Forward; early; first ripe.
[Obs.]
“As the hasty fruit before the summer.”
Is. xxviii. 4.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hasty

HASTY

,
Adj.
Quick; speedy; opposed to slow.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight. Eccles.8.
1.
Eager precipitate; rash; opposed to deliberate.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?
There is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov.29.
2.
Irritable; easily excited to wrath; passionate.
He that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. Prov.14.
3.
Early ripe; forward; as hasty fruit. Is.28.

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