ppl. a. (UN-1 10.)
Also, in recent use, unhastingness.
1839. Carlyle, Chartism, iv. Perseverance, unhasting unresting diligence,… characterise this people.
1872. Morley, Voltaire, 287. That grave and unhasting dignity, which is the life of history.
1891. W. Tuckwell, Tongues in Trees, 151. Unhasting yet unresting chroniclers of fleeting time.
1899. R. Whiteing, No. 5 John St., xvi. His son might have done nothing for seven hundred years, such the calm of his manner, the unhastingness, such his tranquil and unobtrusive satisfaction with himself.
