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Dashed vs Hasty - What's the difference?

dashed | hasty |

As adjectives the difference between dashed and hasty

is that dashed is of a line, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next while hasty is acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it..

As a verb dashed

is past participle of lang=en.

dashed

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a line, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
  • (British, informal) A euphemism for damned .
  • It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.

    Usage notes

    * Dashed in the sense of "damned" is considered to be upper-class or somewhat old-fashioned.

    Synonyms

    * (line) broken * (damned) darned (especially US)

    See also

    * dotted

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    hasty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it. )
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  • Derived terms

    * hastily * hastiness * overhasty

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