Lexic.us

Definition of Instancy

1. Noun. The quickness of action or occurrence. "The instancy of modern communication"

2. Noun. The quality of being insistent. "He pressed his demand with considerable instancy"

Definition of Instancy

1. n. Instance; urgency.

Definition of Instancy

1. Noun. insistence, insistency ¹

2. Noun. immediacy, instantaneousness ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Instancy

1. urgency [n -CIES] - See also: urgency

Lexicographical Neighbors of Instancy

instance in instance variable instance variables instanced instanced in instances instances in instanciate instanciated instanciates

instanciating instanciation instancies instancing instancing in instancy (current term) instaneous instant instant(a) instant coffee

instant mash instant mashed potatoes instant message instant messaged instant messages instant messaging instant messenger instant messengers instant noodle instant replay

Literary usage of Instancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great Tribulation: Or, Things Coming on the Earth by John Cumming (1860)
"Few can fail to be struck, in reading the epistles of St. Paul, with his constant statement of the nearness and the instancy of the advent of our Lord. ..."

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