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Importunity

Importunity Meaning & Definition
Importunity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Importunity?

[n] insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Importunity: urgency | urging

Related Terms | Find terms related to Importunity: blandishment | buttonholing | cajolement | cajolery | coaxing | demandingness | dunning | exigency | importunacy | importunateness | insistence | nagging | persistence | pertinaciousness | pertinacity | pestering | plaguing | plying | pressing | pressingness | pressure | teasing | urgency | urging | wheedling

See Also | solicitation

Importunity In Webster's Dictionary

\Im`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Importunities}. [L. importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunit['e].] The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity. O'ercome with importunity and tears. --Milton.

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