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Exigent   /ˈɛksɪdʒənt/   Listen
Exigent

adjective
1.
Demanding attention.  Synonyms: clamant, crying, insistent, instant.  "A crying need" , "Regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous" , "Insistent hunger" , "An instant need"
2.
Requiring precise accuracy.  Synonym: exacting.  "Became more exigent over his pronunciation"






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"Exigent" Quotes from Famous Books



... to her house by the Forum of Trajan, and he found her at home. It was late in the afternoon, and the lamp was lighted in the little drawing-room, which did not seem at all shabby to Kalmon's accustomed eyes and not very exigent taste. The Contessa was reading an evening paper before the fire. She put out her hand to ...
— Whosoever Shall Offend • F. Marion Crawford



Words linked to "Exigent" :   insistent, clamant, exacting, instant, exigency, imperative, demanding



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