Hâs'ty, a.

adjective

a. [compar. HASTIER; superl. HASTIEST.] [O. Fries. & Ger. hastig; M. H. Ger. haste, O. D. hastag. See HASTE.] 1. Quick; speedy; expeditious; forward;—opposed to slow. “Hasty fruit.” Isa. xxviii. 4. Be not hasty to get out of his sight. Eccles. viii. 3. 2. Eager; precipitate; rash; easily excited;—opposed to deliberate. Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov. xxix. 20. 3. Caused by, or indicating, passion. Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak.