exigency
exigency is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- able
- absorbing
- according
- accordingly
- adventitious
- are
- ask
- attitude
- attribution
- being
- call
- cannot
- case
- causation
- certain
- charge
- circumstance
- circumstantial
- claim
- command
- conditional
- conditionally
- conjunctive
- context
- contingency
- contingent
- create
- crisis
- critical
- crying
- death
- deficiency
- demand
- dependence
- desiderate
- desideratum
- desire
- destitute
- dispense
- emergence
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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