urgently

[ ur-juhnt-lee ]

/ ˈɜr dʒənt li /

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adverb

in a way that requires immediate action or attention:These reforms are urgently necessary to protect both the public health and national security.

in an insistent or earnest way:We urgently request a thorough review and reevaluation of the government’s recovery plans for endangered species.

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Origin of urgently

urgent + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM urgently

non·ur·gent·ly, adverbsu·per·ur·gent·ly, adverbun·ur·gent·ly, adverb

Words nearby urgently

Urgel, urgency, urgent, urgent care, urgent care center, urgently, urger, -urgy, Urheimat, Uri, -uria

How to use urgently in a sentence

Such economic zoning was rare in the United States before World War I, but the Buchanan decision provoked urgent interest in zoning as a way to circumvent the ruling.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The scale of the data collected during the pandemic had made strong enforcement more urgent, delegates said, and highlighted the need to clarify the scope of the government’s data collection and data deletion procedures during special emergencies.
Inside China’s unexpected quest to protect data privacy|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Stacy Begin, an Oceanside Unified school board member, said she knows some parents are hoping for an urgent return to traditional learning, but the district has developed a robust distance learning plan for now.
North County Report: School Reopening Tensions Are High in Oceanside|Kayla Jimenez|July 22, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The situation was becoming increasingly urgent, and hospitals in the region were at risk of being overrun.
Inside Europe’s response to the coronavirus outbreak|Laura Margottini|July 16, 2020|Quartz

This is particularly important in the setting of a pandemic, to help hospitals and health care workers treat more patients in urgent need of care.
First drug is found to block the new coronavirus|Tina Hesman Saey|May 4, 2020|Science News For Students
Last week the Red Cross was sent to the region to “urgently collect 30 bodies.”
Fighting Ebola and Starvation in Sierra Leone|Abby Haglage|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Royalist is urgently contacting Russian Tatler to see this extraordinary document with our own eyes.
How To Fire Your Maid, By A Russian Oligarch|Tom Sykes|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Both present alt cert in general—and TFA in particular—as a problem, as a project that urgently needs fixing.
Stop Scapegoating Teach for America|Conor P. Williams|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Beck had accidentally destroyed hours of urgently needed American reports.
The Intern Who Birthed The KAL007 Conspiracy Theories|Tim Mak|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Darwish spoke to me urgently, saying that the origin of violence in the Middle East came from the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
Only Iraq Can Save Itself From Chaos|Jay Parini|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pulpits sounded with theological arguments where admonitions were urgently needed.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
Fumbling in his haste, he produced a pocket communicator, stabbed frantically at the dial and spoke urgently into it.
Insidekick|Jesse Franklin Bone
Imprecation is seldom absent from these incursions, being, in fact, urgently needed to do duty for closer argumentation.
A Cursory History of Swearing|Julian Sharman
It was repeated more urgently, to be met again by a quiet but decided negative.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Powerful co-operation with Cornwallis on the part of Clinton was urgently needed.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt