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Hasty

Hasty

1. Involving haste; done, made, etc, in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

2. Demanding haste or immediate action. Hasty employment.

3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.

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. As the hasty fruit before the summer. (Is. Xxviii. 4)

Origin: akin to D. Haastig, g, Sw, & dan. Hastig. See Haste.


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by GaryGaulin
Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:56 pm
 
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Topic: Intelligent Design?
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by alextemplet
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by burningredphoenix
Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:36 am
 
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by MrMistery
Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:50 pm
 
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