Hastiness

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being hasty. countable, uncountable

    "But before al of them were assembled to begin their sports, there came a fellow, who being out of breath (or seeming so to be for haste) with humble hastines told Basilius, that his Mistres, the Lady Cecropia, had sent him to excuse the mischance of her beastes ranging in that dãgerous sort, being happened by the folly of the keeper; […]"

  2. 2
    hasty impulsiveness wordnet
  3. 3
    overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) wordnet

Synonyms

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hastehasteabandonabruptnessalacritycareless abandon

Example

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"His hastiness sometimes messes things up."

Etymology

From Middle English hastynes; equivalent to hasty + -ness.

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