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instancy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Instancy \In"stan*cy\, n. Instance; urgency. [Obs.] Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so great instancy gave --Hooker. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: instancy n 1: the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication" [syn: {immediacy}, {immediateness}, {instantaneousness}] 2: urgently demanding attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistence}, {insistency}]
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