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unhasty

unhasty adjective: not hasty.

Adjective

unhasty (comparative more unhasty, superlative most unhasty)

  1. Not hasty.
    • One day nigh wearie of the yrkesome way,
      From her vnhastie beast she did alight,1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 33
    • A double file of camels with sumptuous housings moved with dignified and unhasty tread after the litters.1904, Elizabeth Miller, chapter 45, in The Yoke, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 590

Synonyms of unhasty

Forms of unhasty

comparativemore unhasty
superlativemost unhasty

Origin of unhasty

From un- + hasty.

Words formed from unhasty

Questions about unhasty

What does unhasty mean?
Unhasty means not hasty.
What part of speech is unhasty?
Unhasty is an adjective.

Words near unhasty in the dictionary

  1. unhastened
  2. unhastening
  3. unhastily
  4. unhastiness
  5. unhasting
  6. unhasty
  7. unhat
  8. unhatable
  9. unhatchability
  10. unhatchable
  11. unhatched

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