ˈurgently, adv.
[-ly2.]
In an urgent manner.
| 1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xix. 108 b, Therfore the Jewes called more vrgentely vpon the matter. 1611 Cotgr., Importunément, importunately, vrgently, earnestly. 1789 in C. F. Jenkins Tortola (1923) 90, I thank thee for thy kind advice thou hast so urgently given me. 1840 Thirlwall Greece VII. 303 His attention..was urgently claimed by the danger which now threatened him. 1871 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery iii. (ed. 2) 361 Prompt action is urgently necessary. |