Hastiness (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hasty impulsiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hastiness" is a kind of...):
impulsiveness (the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection)
Derivation:
hasty (excessively quick)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
Example:
he soon regretted his haste
Synonyms:
haste; hastiness; hurriedness; hurry; precipitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hastiness" is a kind of...):
fastness; speed; swiftness (a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hastiness"):
abruptness; precipitance; precipitancy; precipitateness; precipitousness; suddenness (the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning)
Derivation:
hasty (done with very great haste and without due deliberation)