importunate
adjective
urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
importunately
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a word derived from
importunate.
Example Sentences
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General Kawamoto went to Shanghai for consultations, returned, begged the Marshal importunately.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Waugh had planned no departure; but his friends became so importunately curious that finally he went.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has pressed for speed so importunately as to convince some Market officials that the U.S. is desperate for an agreement, and that the Market therefore can force a lowering of American demands by stalling.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Is it a man?” he cried importunately, forgetting the woman.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
He tapped on the glass with his fingernail, importunately.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
