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Definition: Urgently |
UrgentlyAdverb1. With great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "urgently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: UrgentlySynonym: desperately (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Urgently |
| English words defined with "urgently": beg ♦ critical ♦ demand ♦ Efflagitate ♦ force ♦ imperativeness, importune, insist, insistence, insistency, instancy ♦ preoccupy, press, pressure ♦ solicit ♦ tap, thrust, To cry up ♦ vital. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "urgently": administrator ad colligenda bona, administrator ad colligenda bona defuncti, administrator ad colligendum, administrator ad colligendum bona defuncti ♦ Liar. (references) |
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Screenplays | She said that I was to take excellent care of this little guy because you are urgently needed back at work. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Whereas the League of Nations has for its object the establishment of universal peace, and such a peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice; And whereas conditions of labour exist involving such injustice, hardship, and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently required: as, for example, by the regulation of the hours of work, including the establishment of a maximum working day and week, the regulation of the labour supply, the prevention of unemployment, the provision of an adequate living wage, the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his employment, the protection of children, young persons and women, provision for old age and injury, protection of the interests of workers when employed in countries other than their own recognition of the principle of freedom of association, the organisation of vocational and technical education and other measures; Whereas also the failure of any nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way of other nations which desire to improve the conditions in their own countries; The HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES, moved by sentiments of justice and humanity as well as by the desire to secure the permanent peace of the world, agree to the following: CHAPTER l. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | More reliable cognitive markers are urgently needed. (references) | |
The most urgently needed research is that which is essential for containing the HIV/AIDS epidemic. (references) | ||
Better statistical reporting of surgical results is urgently needed for clearer assessments of outcomes. (references) | ||
Business | All of these, especially the smaller ones, are urgently seeking the technology and management know-how to compete effectively. (references) | |
An emergency import is a single product or piece of medical equipment urgently needed in special circumstances such as emergencies. (references) | ||
Clearly, China urgently needs to address its water problems, to mitigate pollution, and to take immediate steps to supply safe water. (references) | ||
Economic History | Chile | Chile's rail network, the fourth largest in Latin America (5,511 miles, or 8,870 kilometers), urgently needs to be upgraded and expanded. (references) |
Switzerland | At any rate, an act passed urgently must have a time limit and is later subject to the same constitutional provisions on popular review as other legislation. (references) | |
Ghana | Land reforms are urgently needed to ensure that investors can lease property and be assured that they are the only holders of the deed within a legal framework. (references) | |
Political Economy | ALGERIA | In addition, as Algeria currently negotiates both an association agreement with the EU and entry into WTO, it must urgently modernize its industry. (references) |
Trade | Croatia | IFC Office in Zagreb - Representative Office in Croatia, as a part of Southern Europe and Central Asia Department (SECA), works in the region of rapid economic transformations, where partnership with other institutions and access to financing and expertise are urgently needed to ensure privatization and financial restructuring success. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | During the war even urgently needed Federal, State, and local construction projects were deferred in order to release resources for war production. |
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| "Urgently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.54% of the time. "Urgently" is used about 861 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.54% | 857 | 8,245 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.35% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 861 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "urgently": he is urgently in need of help. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "urgently": urgently-awaited, urgently-critical, urgently-needed. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
in love urgently | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "urgently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | urgjenisht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неотложно, належащо. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 迫切地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | naléhavì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | de fleste logs er der et stort,umiddelbart behov for lige efter at en boring er foretaget eller et borehul er restaureret,og under begge disse operationer cirkuleres der normalt borevaeske i borehullet (and during both of these operations drilling mud is customarily circulated in the well bore, most logs are urgently needed just after a well has been drilled, or worked over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | urgent (pressing, urgent), met spoed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | urĝe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | beinan vegin (at once, immediately, just, promptly, right away, right now), alt fyri eitt (at once, immediately, just, promptly, right away, right now). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyytää (ask, ask for, beg, bid, catch, entreat, request, urgently request). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sans délai, instamment, d'urgence. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | eindringlich (forceful, forcefully, forcible, forcibly, insistent, urgent, vivid), dringlich (pressing, urgent), dringend (a matter of urgency, badly, compelling, compellingly, crying, desperately, exigent, imperative, imperatively, pressing, sorely, strenuous, strong, urgent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατεπειγόντωσ, επειγόντωσ (pressingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | במפ'יע (categorically, imperatively, insistently, persistently), באפן "חוף, ב"חיפות, בב"ילות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sürgõsen (express). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | la maggior parte delle diagrafie è urgentemente richiesta dopo che un pozzo è stato perforato a ripreso;durante queste due operazioni il fango di perforazione è di solito circolato nel foro pozzo (and during both of these operations drilling mud is customarily circulated in the well bore, most logs are urgently needed just after a well has been drilled, or worked over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 切実に (keenly, sincerely, strongly, vividly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せつじつに (keenly, sincerely, strongly, vividly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 긴급하게 (imperatively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entlyurgay pilnie. (various references) urgente (burning, clamant, exigent, immediate, imperious, pressing, urgent). (various references) stringent (acute, acutely, stringent, urgent), insistent (adhesive, assertive, assiduous, clamant, importunate, insistent, insistently, instant, pressing, pushing, urgent), imperios (imperative, imperious, indispensable, urgent), grabnic (early, flying, hurried, sudden, unexpected, urgent). (various references) срочно (quickly, with expedition). (various references) hitno. (various references) urgentemente. (various references) angeläget. (various references) alelacele (hastily, hurriedly, in a hurry, posthaste, tantivy), acilen (hastily, in haste, promptly). (various references) gyssag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | instanter. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "urgently": insurgently. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "urgently" (pronounced er"juntlē) |
| 6 | -j u n t l ē | diligently, intelligently, negligently, pungently, stringently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-l-n-r-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: gruntle. | |
-2 letters: englut, gently, gentry, gluten, gurnet, gurney, lunger, runlet, urgent. | |
-3 letters: entry, gluer, gluey, gruel, grunt, luger, lunet, lunge, runty, truly, tuner, tuyer, unlet. | |
-4 letters: gelt, gent, genu, glen, gley, glue, glut, grey, grue, gyre, lent, luge, lune, lung, lunt, luny, lure, lute, lyre, nurl, rely, rent, rule, ruly, rune, rung, runt, tern. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-l-n-r-t-u-y" | |
+3 letters: congruently, granulocyte, insurgently, repugnantly. | |
+4 letters: agranulocyte, blusteringly, butterflying, granulocytes, thunderingly, ungratefully. | |
+5 letters: agranulocytes, centrifugally, incongruently, rectangularly, unfalteringly, unforgettably, unrelentingly, unremittingly, unrighteously, vertiginously. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Historic 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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