Hasty \Has"ty\ (h[=a]s"t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Hastier}
(-t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Hastiest}.] [Akin to D. haastig, G.,
Sw., & Dan. hastig. See {Haste}, n.]
1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty
retreat; a hasty sketch.

2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] --Chaucer.
``Hasty employment.'' --Shak.

3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying;
hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash;
easily excited; eager.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There
is more hope of a fool than of him. --Prov. xxix.
20.

The hasty multitude
Admiring entered. --Milton.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight. --Eccl. viii.
3.

4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a
hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty
resolution.

5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.

Take no unkindness of his hasty words. --Shak.

6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] ``As the hasty fruit
before the summer.'' --Is. xxviii. 4.