exigent (redirected from exigently)

ex·i·gent  (ks-jnt)

adj.

1. Requiring immediate action or remedy. See Synonyms at urgent.

2. Requiring much effort or expense; demanding.

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[Latin exigns, exigent-, present participle of exigere, to demand; see exact.]

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exi·gent·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	exigent - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" crying, insistent, clamant, instant imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
	2.	exigent - requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" exacting demanding - requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"