instancyn.
/ˈɪnst(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈɪnst(ə)nsi/ 1. The quality of being instant; urgency, earnestness, solicitation; pressure, pressing nature.
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the mind > language > statement > pressure or urgency > [noun] > quality of
instancy1515
imperiousnessa1646
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency
instancec1340
importunityc1425
instancy1515
importunateness?1526
importunacy1548
importancea1555
importancy1576
opportunitya1586
urgencec1592
urgency1611
clamorousnessa1617
pressingness1661
precariousness1666
supplicancy1728
beseechingness1863
imploringness1863
pleadingness1866
demandingness1930
1515 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 212 I besech you..to take the payne upon you to make such labor unto Sir John Roclife, that he will, at your instauncie..make a release of that land in Combrig.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 80 Those heauenly preceptes, which our Lorde and Sauiour with so great instancie gaue as concerning peace and vnitie.
1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 197 The Autor, upon the instancy of sundry Persons of Quality, had finish'd his Comments.
1850 R. C. Trench Notes Parables (ed. 2) xii. 184 The king..told his servants..to press the message with greater distinctness and instancy.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xix.142 Relieved of the instancy of his fear.
2. The quality of being close at hand; imminence; immediate approach. rare.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence
nighness1548
towardness1549
propinquity1611
approacha1616
coming1626
looming1627
impendencya1632
fall1647
imminence1655
impendence1657
instancy1658
imminency1665
soonness1668
incumbence1677
simmering1844
proximity1876
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Instancy, a being near at hand.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. viii. xxx. 601 The supposition that he had spoken of the actual instancy of the day of the Lord.
3. Immediateness, instantaneity. rare.
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the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [noun]
hastinessc1425
maturity1531
swiftness1535
suddennessa1599
abruptness1604
instancy1851
immediacy1856
immediateness1863
1851 J. Cumming Lect. Miracles (1854) I. 38 The evidence..was in the speed and instancy of a process which it usually takes months, or a year, to achieve.
1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester II. 54 What riveted the resemblance most was the instancy of their sympathetic communion.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc.
asaumplea1250
evidencec1391
piecea1393
examplea1398
samplera1400
exemplarc1475
paradigm1483
instant1560
precedenta1575
exemplification1582
exemplary1583
instance1592
instancy1613
copy1641
specimen1659
patron saint1803
for instance1959
1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. xxi. §7 [That] wee should giue particular instancies of such Martyrs.
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