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/ˈɛksɪd͡ʒənsi/ · noun
(chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation..
My business is with you, and you only. You should not have undertaken your office, unless prepared for its various exigencies.
No ordinary man could have escaped those frightful claws when Numa sprang from so short a distance, but Tarzan was no ordinary man. From earliest childhood his muscles had been trained by the fierce exigencies of his existence to act with the rapidity of thought.
[...] but these details I am compelled by exigencies of space to hold over until next month.
Use exigency when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Exigency means (chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation..
Common synonyms include exigence, necessity, urgency, pinch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My business is with you, and you only. You should not have undertaken your office, unless prepared for its various exigencies.
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