different between importunity vs importunately

English

Etymology

From Middle French importunité, from Latin importunitas.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mp???tju?n?ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??mp???tu?n?ti/

Noun

importunity (plural importunities)

1. A constant and insistent demanding.
   • 1611 : The Bible (KJV), Luke 11:8

     I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

   • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield

     Still, however, being surrounded with importunity, and no longer able to satisfy every request that was made him, instead of money he gave promises.

   • 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XXVII:

     {...} Linton clung to his cousin, and implored her to accompany him, with a frantic importunity that admitted no denial.

2. (obsolete) An inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness.

Translations

English

Etymology

importunate +? -ly

Adverb

importunately (comparative more importunately, superlative most importunately)

1. In an importunate manner; with persistent or urgent solicitation.

Translations

References

• importunately in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.