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hasteful

hasteful adjective: hasty; rapid; speedy.

Adjective

hasteful (comparative more hasteful, superlative most hasteful)

  1. (dated) hasty; rapid; speedy

Forms of hasteful

comparativemore hasteful
superlativemost hasteful

Origin of hasteful

From haste + -ful.

Questions about hasteful

What does hasteful mean?
Hasteful means hasty; rapid; speedy.
What part of speech is hasteful?
Hasteful is an adjective.

Words near hasteful in the dictionary

  1. hastately
  2. hastatoside
  3. haste
  4. haste makes waste
  5. hasted
  6. hasteful
  7. hasteless
  8. hastelessness
  9. Hastelloy
  10. Hastelloys
  11. hastely

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