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# hasty

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

«hasty» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Done very quickly, sometimes too quickly, without enough care or thought. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#m1)
2. Of a person: acting too quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x1)
- Don't make a hasty decision — think it over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x2)
- He wrote a hasty note and ran out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x3)
- She hastily hid the present behind her back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x4)
- «Don't be hasty,» said the wise old owl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x5)
- My hasty work was full of mistakes. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/#x7)

### Note

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

## In Jewish tradition

Describes someone quick to anger or to act without thought.

**Interpretation.** Proverbs and Ecclesiastes teach patience and self-control as marks of wisdom.

### Examples

- Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Writings ECC.7.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x1)
- He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. (Writings PRO.14.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x2)
- The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want. (Writings PRO.21.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hasty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «hasty» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hasty» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hasty.html) on Mova free.