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# hasty

«hasty» in Mova's school dictionary: **Done very quickly, sometimes too quickly, without enough…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (hasty, hastier, hastiest); adverb: hastily

### meaning for a pupil

1) Done very quickly, sometimes too quickly, without enough care or thought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#m1)

2) Of a person: acting too quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «a hasty decision» or «a hasty retreat» tells the reader someone acted in a hurry. The lesson often is: think before you act. Phrases: «a hasty exit», «a hasty decision», «don't be hasty», «make haste».

### examples

- We made a hasty exit when the dog barked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x1)
- Don't make a hasty decision — think it over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x2)
- He wrote a hasty note and ran out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x3)
- She hastily hid the present behind her back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x4)
- «Don't be hasty,» said the wise old owl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x5)
- My hasty work was full of mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x6)
- My father--who is rather hasty--ordered him to be thrown downstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x7)

### note

From «haste». Comparative hastier, hastiest. Hastily = in a hurry.

### In the corpora

- [Turning one example into a rule is called a hasty generalisation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/3/)
- [Making a rule from one example is called a hasty generalisation: one time tells you very little.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/13/)
- [Judging a whole group by a few of its members is a hasty generalisation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no/15/)
- [He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.404/)
- [The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.593/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hasty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.