Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
hasty
IPA transcription: [h'eɪsti]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hasty, headlong
Meaning:
excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"
Usage examples
Does it justify hasty language?
"You are too hasty, sir," she cried.
Dr. Hendrix made a hasty move toward the bed.
"Be not hasty in your gratitude; you may have cause to recall it."
All my brother Dmitri's threats are only hasty words and mean nothing.
They did not see or hear me, and I beat a hasty retreat to the library.
There Hans bid us come to a halt, and a hasty breakfast was served out.
We still call a hasty person a "spitfire", and a calumniator a "spit-poison".
At the unexpected outcry in the rear the Raturans halted, and held a hasty council of war.
With hasty feet I rushed down the hall out into the cool, sweet air of the planet morning.