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urgently
[ ur-juhnt-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that requires immediate action or attention:
These reforms are urgently necessary to protect both the public health and national security.
- in an insistent or earnest way:
We urgently request a thorough review and reevaluation of the government’s recovery plans for endangered species.
Other Words From
- non·ur·gent·ly adverb
- su·per·ur·gent·ly adverb
- un·ur·gent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of urgently1
Example Sentences
Last week the Red Cross was sent to the region to “urgently collect 30 bodies.”
The Royalist is urgently contacting Russian Tatler to see this extraordinary document with our own eyes.
Both present alt cert in general—and TFA in particular—as a problem, as a project that urgently needs fixing.
Beck had accidentally destroyed hours of urgently needed American reports.
Darwish spoke to me urgently, saying that the origin of violence in the Middle East came from the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
Pulpits sounded with theological arguments where admonitions were urgently needed.
Fumbling in his haste, he produced a pocket communicator, stabbed frantically at the dial and spoke urgently into it.
Imprecation is seldom absent from these incursions, being, in fact, urgently needed to do duty for closer argumentation.
It was repeated more urgently, to be met again by a quiet but decided negative.
Powerful co-operation with Cornwallis on the part of Clinton was urgently needed.
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