URGENTLY

urgently, desperately

(adverb) with great urgency; “health care reform is needed urgently”; “the soil desperately needed potash”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

urgently (comparative more urgently, superlative most urgently)

With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.

Continuously. With insistence.

Synonyms

• (great haste): imperatively, pressingly

• (continuously): persistently, persuasively

Antonyms

• apathetically

• half-heartedly

Source: Wiktionary


Ur"gent*ly, adv.

Definition: In an urgent manner.

URGENT

Ur"gent, a. Etym: [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See Urge.]

Definition: Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. "The urgent hour." Shak. Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker. The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. Ex. xii. 33.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 April 2025

SET

(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”


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International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.

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