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   Hasty (hāsˈty̆), a. [Compar. Hastier (-tĭ‑ẽr); superl. Hastiest.] [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n.]
   1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, “a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch”.
   
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   2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. “Hasty employment.”  Shak.
   
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   3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
   
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   Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?  There is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov. xxix. 20.
   
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   The hasty multitude
   
   Admiring entered.  Milton.
   
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   Be not hasty to go out of his sight.  Eccl. viii. 3.
   
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   4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, “a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.”
   
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   5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
   
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   Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak.
   
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   6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] “As the hasty fruit before the summer.”  Is. xxviii. 4.
   
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