Importunity
[,ɪmpɔː'tjuːnətɪ] or [ɪmpɚ'tjʊnəti]
Definition
(noun.) insistent solicitation and entreaty; 'his importunity left me no alternative but to agree'.
Editor: Pedro--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
Editor: Oswald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Entreaty, urgency, insistence, pressing solicitation.
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Examples
- Tired, I suppose, with her importunity, he threw down his spade, approached, and pushed the door ajar. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Impatient of my importunity she brought with her an avenging dream. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lily's smile again flowed into a slight laugh: her friend's importunity was beginning to strike her as irrelevant. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He prefers public duties to private, and is somewhat impatient of the importunity of relations. Plato. The Republic.
- These importunities were the mother's pleasure. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There were numerous brothers and sisters, and the family pursued the French authorities with importunities for rewards and jobs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- About this time Zat Arras renewed his importunities for her hand in marriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She uttered a smiling acceptance, hailing in the renewal of the tie an escape from Trenor's importunities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Vlad