Urgently

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1
With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
"We all urgently need to apply solutions to the problem of pollution."
2
Continuously. With insistence.
"He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment."

Adverb

1
with great urgency wordnet

Synonyms

against time against time desperately desperately emergently hard

Antonyms

half heartedly apathetically half-heartedly

Example

"Your prompt reply is urgently required."

Etymology

From urgent + -ly.

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