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Definition of Importunity
1. Noun. Insistent solicitation and entreaty. "His importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
Definition of Importunity
1. n. The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
Definition of Importunity
1. Noun. (obsolete) Unseasonableness; an unsuitable or inappropriate time. ¹
2. Noun. A constant and insistent demanding. ¹
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Definition of Importunity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Importunity
Literary usage of Importunity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"traordinary importunity of the Marquis of ... into the arms of a foreigner ; and
then the fame importunity from all the ..."