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1. pressing importance requiring speedy action

e.g. the urgency of his need

2. insistent solicitation and entreaty

e.g. his importunity left me no alternative but to agree

Synonym: importunityurging

3. an urgent situation calling for prompt action

e.g. I'll be there, barring any urgencies
they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs

4. the state of being urgent
an earnest and insistent necessity