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pressingly

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English

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Etymology

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From pressing-ly.

Adverb

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pressingly (comparative more pressingly, superlative most pressingly)

  1. With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
    • 1998, Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone, page 310:
      I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.
  2. Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
    Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly, would you do that at the beginning of a date?
  3. With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
    • 2001 April 10, Gillian Healey, “Managing to cope”, in The Guardian:
      In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.

Synonyms

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(urgency):

(important):

(enthusiasm):

Antonyms

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