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importunity
[ im-pawr-too-ni-tee, -tyoo- ]
noun
, plural im·por·tu·ni·ties
- the state or quality of being importunate; persistence in solicitation.
- importunities, importunate solicitations or demands.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of importunity1
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Example Sentences
Bruce, however, sternly refused to disorder his array, but at last yielded to his importunity.
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To give is to act; we do not suffer any pains by our liberality, nor by yielding to the importunity or necessity of postulants.
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Meta was sure that Norman had known it the whole time, and he owned to having guessed it from Harry's importunity for the search.
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Cuthbert's importunity in the matter is clearly set forth in60 a deposition by Henry Johnson, one of Alleyn's tenants.
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But this was almost certainly a bronze lamp in the form of a bird, which they produced to appease her importunity.
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