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

Words nearby exigency

exhortation, exhortative, exhume, ex hypothesi, exigeant, exigency, exigent, exigible, exiguous, exilarch, exile

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How to use exigency in a sentence

These exigencies seem to have constituted something irrepressible for all the human groups that have trod the Earth for millennia.
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The Grammys last night were awkward, strained by the exigencies of the virus.
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So Newt & Co. attempt—in ways that mix childhood longings with political exigency—to speak the language of ESPN.
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These matters of political exigency were undoubtedly beyond the comprehension of the Ylongos.
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She must have been conscious of depths of capacity, to which, whatever the exigency, appeal was never made in vain.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing
The exigency nerved me for the task, and I found a courage sufficient to carry me through.
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The fiction that they do exist disappears at once in the clear atmosphere of "exigency."
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But on this day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional counsels!
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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)