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(hs"t), a.[Compar.Hastier (-tr); 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. 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. Shak. 6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the summer." Is. xxviii. 4. スポンサード リンク
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