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• more haste, less speed — The original meaning of speed in this proverb is ‘quickness in the performance of some action or operation’. c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 86 The more hast, the worse spede. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I. ii. A3v Moste tymes he seeth, the more… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• more haste, less speed — The faster you try to do something, the more likely you are to make mistakes that make you take longer than it would had you planned it …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• more haste, less speed — ► more haste, less speed proverb you make better progress with a task if you don t try to do it too quickly. Main Entry: ↑haste …   English terms dictionary

• more haste less speed — haste makes waste/more haste less speed/ phrase used for saying that if you do something too quickly, you are likely to make mistakes Thesaurus: ways of telling someone not to hurrysynonym Main entry: haste …   Useful english dictionary

• more haste, less speed — proverb you make better progress with a task if you don t try to do it too quickly * * * ˌmore ˈhaste, ˌless ˈspeed idiom (BrE, saying) you will finish doing sth sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes… …   Useful english dictionary

• less — /les/, adv., a compar. of little with least as superl. 1. to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact. 2. most certainly not (often prec. by much or still): He could barely pay for his own lodging, much less for that of his friend. 3. in… …   Universalium

• speed — god·speed; poly·speed; speed·boat·ing; speed; speed·er; speed·ful; speed·i·ly; speed·i·ness; speed·less; speed·om·e·ter; speed·ster; speed·well; su·per·speed; speed·ing·ly; …   English syllables

• less — [[t]lɛs[/t]] adv. a compar. of little with least as superl. 1) to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact[/ex] 2) most certainly not (often prec. by much or still): I could barely pay for my own meal, much less for hers[/ex] 3) in any way …   From formal English to slang

• less — /lɛs / (say les) adverb 1. to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact. –adjective 2. smaller in size, amount, degree, etc.; not so large, great, or much: less speed. 3. fewer in number: less clouds in the sky. –pronoun 4. a smaller amount …  

• less — see less is more of two evils choose the less more haste, less speed …   Proverbs new dictionary

• speed — see more haste, less speed …   Proverbs new dictionary