hasty

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1. 1.Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. "Hasty employment." Shak.
2. 2.Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
3. 3.Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
4. 4.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. "Hasty employment." Shak called?
• What is moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager called?
• What is made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution called?
• What is 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 called?