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hasty
CEFRC1
/ˈheɪsti/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Done too quickly and without enough thought or care.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailActing or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
Examples
Being a hasty person, he is likely to jump to conclusions.
There is no need to draw a hasty conclusion.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsMade in haste.
Ripening or coming to maturity early.
Eager or impatient to act or get something done.
More examples
In contextSommer Hony, or hasty hony, made in thirty dales after the tenth of June.
Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it.
If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasure...
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English hasty, of obscure origin. Likely a new formation in Middle English equivalent to haste + -y, found as in other Germanic languages (Old Frisian hâstich, Middle Dutch haestich (> Dutch haastig (“hasty”)), Middle Low German hastich (“hasty”), German hastig, Danish hastig, Swedish hastig (“hasty”)); otherwise possibly representing an assimilation to the foregoing of Middle English hastive, hastif (> English hastive), from Old French hastif (Modern French hâtif), from Frankish *haifst (“violence”), ultimately of the same Germanic origin.