pressingly

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pressingly

adverb more pressingly · most pressingly

  1. With a sense of urgency, because it is very important. 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. In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.

Similar: urgently, importantly, persistently, persuasively, enthusiastically · Opposite: apathetically, half-heartedly

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@misc{pressingly_2026,
  title = {pressingly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pressingly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}