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urgent Adjective 1. requiring speedy action or attention: an urgent inquiry 2. earnest and forceful: she heard loud urgent voices in the corridor [Latin urgere to urge] urgency n
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urgent adjective 1. crucial, desperate, pressing, great, important, crying, critical, immediate, acute, grave, instant, compelling, imperative, top-priority, now or never, exigent, not to be delayed << OPPOSITE unimportant adjective 2. insistent, earnest, determined, intense, persistent, persuasive, resolute, clamorous, importunate << OPPOSITE casual Translations |
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| Because this evening we are at supper, and our affairs are urgent, too No power hath he of evil in himself; But should some urgent fate (untimely lot My kind friends here are most affectionately urgent with me to prolong my stay, but their hospitable and cheerful dispositions lead them too much into society for my present situation and state of mind; and I impatiently look forward to the hour when I shall be admitted into Your delightful retirement. |
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