Definition of Importunity

1. Noun. Insistent solicitation and entreaty. "His importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

Exact synonyms: Urgency, Urging
Generic synonyms: Solicitation
Derivative terms: Urge

Definition of Importunity

1. n. The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.

Definition of Importunity

1. Noun. (obsolete) Unseasonableness; an unsuitable or inappropriate time. ¹

2. Noun. A constant and insistent demanding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Importunity

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Importunity

importunacy
importunate
importunately
importunateness
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importunators
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imposition
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Literary usage of Importunity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"traordinary importunity of the Marquis of ... into the arms of a foreigner ; and then the fame importunity from all the ..."

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