exigency

[ ek-si-juhn-see, ig-zij-uhn- ]

/ ˈɛk sɪ dʒən si, ɪgˈzɪdʒ ən- /

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noun, plural ex·i·gen·cies.

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR exigency

3 crisis, contingency, plight, strait; predicament, fix, pinch.

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Also ex·i·gence .

Origin of exigency

From the Medieval Latin word exigentia, dating back to 1575–85. See exigent, -ency

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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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The exigencies of the political calendar have a tendency to wreck even the best-laid plans.
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After all, here was a babe equipped to face the exigencies of a censorious world; in looks and apparel a credit to any father.
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He lived from hand to mouth; struggled every hour to meet the exigencies of the hour that followed.
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Special contrivances, wonderful in their operation, were invented to meet exigencies and emergencies.
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Other remedies had been suggested, but his lordship thought that they were not sufficient to meet the exigencies of the case.
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Are we prairie-hunters and wood-rangers obliged to obey all the paltry exigencies of cities?
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British Dictionary definitions for exigency

exigency

exigence (ˈɛksɪdʒəns)

/ (ˈɛksɪdʒənsɪ, ɪɡˈzɪdʒənsɪ) /

noun plural -gencies or -gences

the state of being exigent; urgency

(often plural) an urgent demand; pressing requirement

an emergency

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exigency

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British Dictionary definitions for exigency

exigence (ˈɛksɪdʒəns)