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unhasty

adj

Etymology

From un- + hasty.

  1. derived from *haifst✻ — “violence”
  2. derived from hastif
  3. inherited from hasty
  4. prefixed as unhasty — “un + hasty”

Definitions

  1. Not hasty.

    • One day nigh wearie of the yrkesome way, From her vnhastie beast she did alight,
    • A double file of camels with sumptuous housings moved with dignified and unhasty tread after the litters.
    • The quiet, unhasty, resolved manner in which the Chaplains to the Forces in France are moving is in striking contrast to the hasty proposals and hasty actions threatening on the less prepared soil at home.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA