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Pressingly vs Urgently - What's the difference?

pressingly | urgently | Synonyms |

Urgently is a synonym of pressingly.

Pressingly is a synonym of urgently.


As adverbs the difference between pressingly and urgently

is that pressingly is with a sense of urgency, because it is very important while urgently is with great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.

pressingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
  • * 1998 , Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone , p.310
  • I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.
  • Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
  • Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly , would you do that at the beginning of a date?
  • With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
  • * 2001 , April 10, Gillian Healey in , Managing to cope
  • In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.

    Synonyms

    (urgency) * urgently (important) * importantly (enthusiasm) * persistently * persuasively * enthusiastically

    Antonyms

    * apathetically * half-heartedly

    urgently

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
  • We all urgently need to apply solutions to the problem of pollution.
    Funds are urgently required if this work is to be completed as planned.
  • Continuously. With insistence.
  • He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.

    Synonyms

    * (great haste), imperatively, pressingly * (continuously), persistently, persuasively

    Antonyms

    * apathetically * half-heartedly