different between urgency vs pressingly
urgency
English
Etymology
probably from urgent +? -cy
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??.d??n.si/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d??nsi
Noun
urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)
- The quality or condition of being urgent
- the urgency of a demand
- insistence, pressure
- I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
Synonyms
- exigency
- clamancy
Translations
References
- “urgency”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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pressingly
English
Etymology
pressing +? -ly
Adverb
pressingly (comparative more pressingly, superlative most pressingly)
- With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
- 1998, Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone, p.310
- I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.
- 1998, Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone, p.310
- Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
- Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly, would you do that at the beginning of a date?
- With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
- 2001, April 10, Gillian Healey in The Guardian, Managing to cope
- In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.
- 2001, April 10, Gillian Healey in The Guardian, Managing to cope
Synonyms
(urgency):
- urgently
(important):
- importantly
(enthusiasm):
- persistently
- persuasively
- enthusiastically
Antonyms
- apathetically
- half-heartedly
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