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Hastiness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The characteristic of being hasty.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or character of being hasty, in any sense of that word; quickness; promptitude; rashness; irritability.

n. Synonyms Swiftness, speed, briskness; cursoriness; precipitation; touchiness, choler. See hasten.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. hasty impulsiveness

n. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

Word Usage

"FA foreign affairs spokesman Kraai Van Niekerk said in a statement that after South Africa's "hastiness" in recognizing the Kabila government when he took power, it was now in the unbearable situation of trying to act as a mediator."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

impulsiveness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

haste precipitation rashness hasty

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

distractibility vainglory fretfulness hatefulness wastefulness