Choose the Right Synonym for hasty

fast, rapid, swift, fleet, quick, speedy, hasty, expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves fast horses and rapid to the movement itself. rapid current swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement. returned the ball with one swift stroke fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness. fleet runners quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time. a quick wit speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishment speedy delivery of mail and may also suggest unusual velocity. hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness. a hasty inspection expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment. the expeditious handling of an order

Examples of hasty in a Sentence

I made a hasty sketch of the scene. Seeing the dog, the cat made a hasty retreat up a tree. We don't want to make any hasty decisions. He later realized that he was too hasty in his decision to quit.

Recent Examples on the Web Its creators may have made a hasty exit, Dr. Adali said. — New York Times, 12 May 2022 The change has led to hasty rollouts that try to placate both the fossil fuel industry and environmentalists, but risk angering both. — Jeff Stein, Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2022 The packaging has also been stripped of the golden arches and left mainly blank white, perhaps a result of a hasty rebranding done in just 22 days. — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 12 June 2022 Tobias cited Musk’s own waving of due diligence in his hasty acceptance of the deal. — Faiz Siddiqui, Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2022 Speed radars and billboards warning that Baltimore’s Interstate 83 is now enforced by speed cameras might have been taken as a light suggestion by hasty motorists. — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2022 Hostile life forms — aggressive monster vines and giant flying bugs — prompt a hasty exit, in which Buzz attempts the same steep cliff-climb flight maneuver recently seen in Top Gun: Maverick. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2022 Fox described Stirewalt’s hasty and involuntary departure as part of a post-election realignment of their business and reporting structure. — Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 13 June 2022 In closed-door meetings early in the conflict, French government officials urged top executives to avoid making hasty decisions to leave. — New York Times, 16 May 2022 See More

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