hasty

/ˈhā-stē/

adjective

  1. done or made in a hurry

  2. fast and typically superficial

  3. rapid in action or movement : speedy

hasty city-street snapshots

made a hasty examination of the wound

fast rapid swift fleet quick speedy hasty expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves and rapid to the movement itself.

noun

  1. a porridge of oatmeal or flour boiled in water

  2. cornmeal mush

  3. indian pudding

idiom

  1. to leave quickly

He made/beat a hasty retreat when he realized he had entered the wrong office.