Importunity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪmpɔːˈtjuːnɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Importunity is a noun meaning A constant and insistent demanding.
Meaning
A constant and insistent demanding.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) An inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness.
Example Sentences
[…] Linton clung to his cousin, and implored her to accompany him, with a frantic importunity that admitted no denial.
Still, however, being surrounded with importunity, and no longer able to satisfy every request that was made him, instead of money he gave promises.
But when she turned her thoughts to Morningside Park she perceived the tangled skein of life was now to be further complicated by his romantic importunity.
I say vnto you, Though he will not rise, and giue him, because he is his friend: yet because of his importunitie, hee will rise and giue him as many as he needeth.
Word Forms
- importunities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unmastered, importunacy, insistence, pressing, efflagitation, overinsistence.
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