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Synonyms for importunately


Grammar : Adv
Spell : im-pawr-chuh-nit
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɔr tʃə nɪt

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Définition of importunately

Origin :
  • 1520s, from importune + -ate, or else from Medieval Latin importunatus, past participle of importunari. Related: Importunately (mid-15c.).
  • As in urgently : adv insistently
Example sentences :
  • But she had only meant it for that evening, and he had gone on importunately.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • Yet it haunted him, though at rare intervals, and not importunately.
  • Extract from : « Major Vigoureux » by A. T. Quiller-Couch
  • When admitted he was very noisy, and importunately talkative.
  • Extract from : « Observations on Madness and Melancholy » by John Haslam
  • How realistically, how importunately, how pitifully she took form before him!
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Jimmie Dale » by Frank L. Packard
  • Secrets the bark and bud scales hide have been revealed to those who have patiently and importunately inquired.
  • Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers
  • Her last thought as she fell into a dreamless slumber was a prayer for the two for whom she had been so importunately pleading.
  • Extract from : « Mildred and Elsie » by Martha Finley
  • I gave a clasp-knife to the chief, when another of the party most importunately demanded a tomahawk.
  • Extract from : « Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 1 (of 2) » by Thomas Mitchell
  • They, however, importunately demanded a treaty from the United States government in return for their loyalty.
  • Extract from : « The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist » by Annie Heloise Abel
  • Georges was in high favor with the khan, and was importunately urging the condemnation of his rival.
  • Extract from : « The Empire of Russia » by John S. C. Abbott
  • His advice was never asked, and, when obtrusively and importunately offered, was coldly received.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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