hastiness

  • 81hurriedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Careless headlong action: haste, hastiness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, rashness, rush. See CAREFUL …

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  • 82precipitance — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Careless headlong action: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, rashness, rush. See CAREFUL …

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  • 83precipitancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Careless headlong action: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitation, rashness, rush. See CAREFUL …

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  • 84precipitateness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Careless headlong action: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitation, rashness, rush. See CAREFUL …

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  • 85Gordian Knot —    According to Greek legend, in the ancient country of Phrygia, a peasant named Gordius was chosen to be king over the Phrygian people because an oracle had said that their troubles would end if they chose as king the first man who approached… …

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  • 86haste — {{11}}haste (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. haste haste, urgency, hastiness (12c., Mod.Fr. háte), from Frankish *haifst violence, from W.Gmc. *haifstiz (Cf. Goth. haifsts strife, O.E. hæste violent, vehement, impetuous ). To make haste is recorded by …

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  • 87hasty — mid 14c., speedy, quick, by 1500s replacing or nativizing earlier hastif (c.1300) eager, impetuous, from O.Fr. hastif speedy, rapid; forward, advanced; rash, impetuous (12c., Mod.Fr. hátif), from haste (see HASTE (Cf. haste)). Meaning requiring… …

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  • 88abruptness — ab rupt·ness || nɪs n. suddenness, hastiness; lack of continuity; brusqueness, rudeness …

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  • 89headlongness — n. quality of being headlong; quality of being positioned with the head first; quickness; rashness, hastiness; steepness …

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  • 90impetuosities — im·pet·u·os·i·ty || ɪm‚petʃʊ É‘sÉ™tɪ / É’s n. hastiness, recklessness, lack of caution, impulsiveness …

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