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Exigent

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Adjective

1. clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant

demanding attention

Example Sentences:
'clamant needs'
'a crying need'
'regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous'
'insistent hunger'
'an instant need'

2. exacting, exigent

requiring precise accuracy

Example Sentences:
'an exacting job'
'became more exigent over his pronunciation'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Exigent

see synonyms of exigent
adjective
1. 
urgent; pressing
2. 
exacting; demanding

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Exigent

see synonyms of exigent
adjective
1. 
calling for immediate action or attention; urgent; critical
2. 
requiring more than is reasonable; demanding; exacting

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Exigent

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adj.
1. Requiring immediate action; pressing: an exigent need. See Synonyms at urgent.
2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding: "Some citizens ... seized the offending material and made a bonfire of it ... to the gratification of an exigent crowd" (Garry Wills).

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