hasty

hasty
hastily, adv.hastiness, n.
/hay"stee/, adj., hastier, hastiest.
1. moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
2. made or done with haste or speed: a hasty visit.
3. unduly quick; precipitate; rash: a hasty decision.
4. brief; fleeting; slight; superficial: a hasty glance.
5. impatient; impetuous; thoughtless; injudicious: hasty words.
6. easily irritated or angered; irascible: a hasty temper.
[1300-50; ME < MF hasti, hastif; see HASTE, -IVE]
Syn. 1. swift, rapid, fast, fleet, brisk. 3. foolhardy, reckless, headlong. 6. testy, touchy, fiery, excitable, irritable.
Ant. 1. slow. 3. deliberate.

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