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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Importunate  \Im*por"tu*nate\,  a.  [See  {Importune}.] 
  1.  Troublesomely  urgent;  unreasonably  solicitous; 
  overpressing  in  request  or  demand;  urgent;  teasing;  as  an 
  impotunate  petitioner,  curiosity.  --Whewell. 
 
  2.  Hard  to  be  borne;  unendurable.  [R.]  --Donne.  -- 
  {Im*por"tu*nate*ly},  adv  --  {Im*por"tu*nate*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  importunately 
  adv  :  in  a  beseeching  manner;  "`You  must  help  me,'  she  said 
  imploringly"  [syn:  {beseechingly},  {imploringly},  {pleadingly}, 
  {entreatingly}] 




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