About The Word Importunity
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Importunity
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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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