hastiness

hastiness

noun

Definition of HASTINESS

excited and often showy or disorderly speed <several council members objected to the hastiness with which the proposal was brought to a vote>

Synonyms haste, hastiness, hustle, precipitation, precipitousness, rush

Related Words bustle, flurry, flutter, scurry, scuttle, stir, whirl; beeline, dash, scramble, stampede; hotheadedness, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness, impulsivity, rashness; expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, fleetness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity; celerity, dispatch, promptitude, promptness

Near Antonyms dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination, slowness; languor, leisureliness, lethargy, sluggishness, torpor; dormancy, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, quiescence

Antonyms deliberateness, deliberation