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Instancy

Instancy \In"stan*cy\, n. Instance; urgency. [Obs.]

Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so great instancy gave.
--Hooker.

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instancy

n. 1 insistence, insistency 2 immediacy, instantaneousness

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instancy
  1. n. 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]