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importunity

[ im-pawr-too-ni-tee, -tyoo- ]

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noun

, plural im·por·tu·ni·ties

1425–75; late Middle English importunite < Latin importūnitās. See importune, -ity

Bruce, however, sternly refused to disorder his array, but at last yielded to his importunity.

To give is to act; we do not suffer any pains by our liberality, nor by yielding to the importunity or necessity of postulants.

Meta was sure that Norman had known it the whole time, and he owned to having guessed it from Harry's importunity for the search.

Cuthbert's importunity in the matter is clearly set forth in60 a deposition by Henry Johnson, one of Alleyn's tenants.

But this was almost certainly a bronze lamp in the form of a bird, which they produced to appease her importunity.

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