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pressingly

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press·ing  (prsng)
adj.
1. Demanding immediate attention; urgent: a pressing need. See Synonyms at urgent.
2. Very earnest or persistent; insistent: a pressing invitation.
n.
1. The process or an instance of applying pressure by means of a press.
2.
a. A phonograph record pressed from a master mold or matrix.
b. A number of recordings pressed at the same time.
3. Urgent solicitation; insistence.
pressing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.pressingly - in a pressing manner


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When the reading of the report was over, people moved about, and Levin met Sviazhsky, who invited him very pressingly to come that evening to a meeting of the Society of Agriculture, where a celebrated lecture was to be delivered, and Stepan Arkadyevitch, who had only just come from the races, and many other acquaintances; and Levin heard and uttered various criticisms on the meeting, on the new fantasia, and on a public trial.
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However the lackey promised him that it should be taken care of, and urged him to obey the call so pressingly that at last the porter was obliged to yield.
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