a. [ Compar. Hastier superl. Hastiest. ] [ Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n. ] 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [ R. ] Chaucer. “Hasty employment.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager. [ 1913 Webster ] Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov. xxix. 20. [ 1913 Webster ] The hasty multitude
Admiring entered. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Be not hasty to go out of his sight. Eccl. viii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. [ 1913 Webster ] Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. Forward; early; first ripe. [ Obs. ] “As the hasty fruit before the summer.” Is. xxviii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
