Has"ti*ness, n. The quality or state of being hasty; haste;
precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
Has"tings (-tngz), n. pl. [From Haste, v.] Early fruit or vegetables;
especially, early pease. Mortimer.
Has"tings sands` (sndz`). (Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden
formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in
Sussex, England.
Has"tive (-tv), a. [OF. hastif. See Haste, n., and cf. Hastif.]
Forward; early; -- said of fruits. [Obs.]
Has"ty (hs"t), a. [Compar. Hastier (-t*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.