Urgently
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Urgently is an adverb meaning With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
Meaning
With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
More Meanings
- Continuously. With insistence.
Example Sentences
We all urgently need to apply solutions to the problem of pollution.
Funds are urgently required if this work is to be completed as planned.
He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.
And now we're waiting for the very same people to establish GBR, drive through urgently needed fares reform, and come up with imaginative and effective train operating contracts.
Synonyms for urgently
Depending on context, synonyms include imperatively, pressingly, emergently, persistently, persuasively, desperately.
Antonyms for urgently
Common opposites include apathetically, half-heartedly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include desperately, urgency, exigent, emergency, exigency, pressingly.
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