Associations to the word «Importunity»
Noun
- Urge
- Reply
- Goodness
- Desire
- Behalf
- Pardon
- Prosperity
- Excuse
- Lover
- Circumstance
- Fernando
- Gift
- Nay
- Length
- Distress
- Friend
- Patron
- Wish
- Servant
- Pleasure
- Criminal
- Virtue
- Resolution
- Honour
- Manner
- Fear
- Difficulty
- Weakness
- Liberty
- Engagement
- Consideration
- Wife
- Passion
- Sooner
- Deed
- Complaint
- Satisfaction
- Tear
- Charity
- Delay
- Fortune
- Monsieur
- Gentleman
- Duty
- Sultan
- Opinion
- Brush
- Prospect
- Journey
- Privilege
- Affection
- Reason
- Opportunity
- Voyage
- Hope
- Instance
- Answer
- Occasion
- Butterfly
- Sentiment
- Lady
Verb
Wiktionary
IMPORTUNITY, noun. (obsolete) Unseasonableness; an unsuitable or inappropriate time.
IMPORTUNITY, noun. A constant and insistent demanding.
Dictionary definition
IMPORTUNITY, noun. Insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
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