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Definition of Importunely
1. adv. In an importune manner.
Definition of Importunely
1. Adverb. (obsolete) In an importune manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Importunely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Importunely
Literary usage of Importunely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Frauds of Papal Ecclesiastics by Gabriel d'. Emiliane, Gilbert Burnet, Antonio Gavin (1835)
"Who is able to number this idle ravenous sort, who sitting all labour aside, have
begged so importunely that they have gotten into their hands more than the ..."
2. The Dramatic Censor: Or, Critical Companion by Francis Gentleman (1770)
"... Mandane charges with breaking importunely on her grief—the word importunely
we can by no means approve. ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Along the fiery waves driving his finny drove, it. The palmer bent his ear unto
the noise. To weet who called so importunely : Again he heard a more ..."
4. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"importunely, unseasonably, out of time. Importunar, va. l. To importune, to
disturb by reiteration of the same request ; to crave. 2. To vex, to molest, ..."
5. Utopia: And History of King Richard III by Thomas More (1834)
"... would importunely pursue his appetite, and have her, to the great destruction
of many a good woman, and great dolor to their husbands, and their other ..."
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