exigency
exigent state or character; urgency.
Usually exigencies . the need, demand, or requirement intrinsic to a circumstance, condition, etc.: the exigencies of city life.
a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy; emergency: He promised help in any exigency.
Origin of exigency
1- Also ex·i·gence .
Other words for exigency
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How to use exigency in a sentence
I think we handled it as well as we could have, given the exigencies of production.
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Not a country, but a house in London, where the exigencies of living together creates its own brand of tension?
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The exigencies of the political calendar have a tendency to wreck even the best-laid plans.
After all, here was a babe equipped to face the exigencies of a censorious world; in looks and apparel a credit to any father.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeHe lived from hand to mouth; struggled every hour to meet the exigencies of the hour that followed.
Special contrivances, wonderful in their operation, were invented to meet exigencies and emergencies.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousOther remedies had been suggested, but his lordship thought that they were not sufficient to meet the exigencies of the case.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanAre we prairie-hunters and wood-rangers obliged to obey all the paltry exigencies of cities?
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British Dictionary definitions for exigency
exigence (ˈɛksɪdʒəns)
/ (ˈɛksɪdʒənsɪ, ɪɡˈzɪdʒənsɪ) /
the state of being exigent; urgency
(often plural) an urgent demand; pressing requirement
an emergency
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