NOUN | attribute | instancy, immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness | the quickness of action or occurrence |
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attribute | instancy, imperativeness | the quality of being insistent |
Meaning | The quickness of action or occurrence. | |
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Example | "the instancy of modern communication" | |
Synonyms | immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness | |
Broader | celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness | A rate that is rapid |
Spanish | inmediatez, instantaneidad | |
Adjectives | instant | occurring with no delay |
Meaning | The quality of being insistent. | |
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Example | "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy" | |
Synonym | imperativeness | |
Broader | urgency | pressing importance requiring speedy action |
Usage of | archaism | the use of an archaic expression |
Spanish | insistencia | |
Catalan | insistència | |
Adjectives | instant | demanding attention |
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