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Webster 1828 Edition
Pressingly
PRESS'INGLY
,adv.
Definition 2024
pressingly
pressingly
English
Adverb
pressingly (comparative more pressingly, superlative most pressingly)
- With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
- 1998, Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone, p.310
- I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.
- 1998, Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone, p.310
- Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
- Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly, would you do that at the beginning of a date?
- With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
- 2001, April 10, Gillian Healey in The Guardian, Managing to cope
- In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.
- 2001, April 10, Gillian Healey in The Guardian, Managing to cope
Synonyms
(urgency):
(important):
(enthusiasm):