hasty

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"Not at all; only a bit poetical and hasty, which is not unnatural in the Lawless blood.

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  1. adjective Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1.
  2. adjective Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. See Synonyms at impetuous.
  3. adjective Easily angered; irritable.

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  1. from Middle English hasty (= OFries. hastig = Old Dutch haestigh, Dutch haastig = Middle Low German hastich = German hastig = Swedish Danish hastig); from haste, n., + -y. Cf. hastive.
 

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