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adj. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

adj. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"

precipitate, abrupt

adj. exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"

daredevil, brash, temerarious

adj. presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"

madcap, tearaway, brainish, hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous

adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)

short, brief, crisp, clipped, curt, laconic, terse, to the point

adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

fast, quick, rapid, speedy

adj. done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks"

swift, fleet

adj. moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"

passing, casual, perfunctory, superficial

adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

chance, haphazard

adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

steep, precipitous

adj. characterized by precipices; "a precipitous bluff"

premature, untimely

adj. uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"

rash, improvident, shortsighted, ill-considered

adj. not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"

careless

adj. marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"

heedless, unnoticing, unobservant

adj. (inattentive)

hurrying, fast-flying, speedy, fast flying

adj. moving with great haste; "affection for this hurrying driving...little man"; "lashed the scurrying horses"

sudden

adj. happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure"

instant, instantaneous

adj. occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"

quick, superficial, cursory

adj. hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

precipitate, headlong, overhasty

adj. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

helter-skelter, hurry-scurry, pell-mell, tumultuous

adj. with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"

rush, rushed

adj. done under pressure; "a rush job"

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