单词 | exigently |
释义 | > as lemmasˈexigently ˈexigently adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > in exacting manner exigently1832 exactingly1849 1832 London Lit. Gaz. 21 Jan. 45/1 The attention of Government and the Police is most exigently demanded. 1889 W. Sharp in Academy 30 Nov. 352/3 I..cannot but hope that he will not pursue too exigently his latest method. 1900 Iron Age 13 Sept. 19/1 It is surprising how many excellent reasons can be found for refusing to accept deliveries which, 80 or 60 days before, were wanted so exigently that every shipment had to be followed by a tracer. 1966 A. H. Beiler Recreations in Theory of Numbers (new ed.) i. 3 It will be fun; to some, if the world's ills clamor too exigently at our doors, it may be nepenthe. 2009 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 13 July 17 We don't have the political will to accept the trial-and-error nature of this process, and to act exigently when adjustments are necessary. < as lemmas |
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