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 →

2) Of a person: acting too quickly. tree →

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 →
• Don't make a hasty decision — think it over. tree →
• He wrote a hasty note and ran out. tree →
• She hastily hid the present behind her back. tree →
• «Don't be hasty,» said the wise old owl. tree →
• My hasty work was full of mistakes. tree →
• My father--who is rather hasty--ordered him to be thrown downstairs. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Turning one example into a rule is called a hasty generalisation.
• Making a rule from one example is called a hasty generalisation: one time tells you very little.
• Judging a whole group by a few of its members is a hasty generalisation.
• He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
• The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hasty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.