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Meaning of "importunacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPORTUNACY

importunacy  [ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPORTUNACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Importunacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPORTUNACY


athanasy
əˈθænəsɪ
determinacy
dɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ
effeminacy
ɪˈfɛmɪnəsɪ
euthanasy
juːˈθænəsɪ
feminacy
ˈfɛmɪnəsɪ
geognosy
dʒɪˈɒɡnəsɪ
indeterminacy
ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ
inordinacy
ɪnˈɔːdɪnəsɪ
lunacy
ˈluːnəsɪ
obstinacy
ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ
pharmacognosy
ˌfɑːməˈkɒɡnəsɪ
Varanasi
vəˈrɑːnəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPORTUNACY

import trade
import-export
import-export trade
importability
importable
importance
importancy
important
importantly
importation
imported
importer
importing
importunate
importunately
importunateness
importune
importunely
importuner
importunity

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPORTUNACY

adequacy
advocacy
bureaucracy
conspiracy
delicacy
democracy
diplomacy
efficacy
fallacy
intimacy
lacy
legacy
legitimacy
literacy
pharmacy
piracy
privacy
racy
supremacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of importunacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «importunacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPORTUNACY

Find out the translation of importunacy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of importunacy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «importunacy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

importunacy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

importunacy
570 millions of speakers

English

importunacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

importunacy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

importunacy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

importunacy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

importunacy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

importunacy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

importunacy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Importunacy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

importunacy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

importunacy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

importunacy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Importunasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

importunacy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

importunacy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आयातगिरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

importunacy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

importunacy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

importunacy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

importunacy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

importunacy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

importunacy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

importunacy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

importunacy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

importunacy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of importunacy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPORTUNACY»

The term «importunacy» is used very little and occupies the 155.271 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of importunacy
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPORTUNACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «importunacy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «importunacy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about importunacy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPORTUNACY»

Discover the use of importunacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to importunacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
IMPORTUNACY, .9. Importunity. It is odd enough, that it was accented on the antepenultima, though importune, both verb and adjective, had the accent on the penultima. Art thou not ashamed To wrong him with thy imporlunavy .7 Two Gml., iv, ...
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, 1867
2
A Dictionary of the Language of Shakspeare
And art thou not asham'd To wrong him with thy importunacy ? Two Gentlemen of Verona, iv. 2. To IMPORTUNE. To entreat; to beseech; to render necessary; to require. I am dying, Egypt, dying; only I here importune death awhile, until Of ...
Swynfen Jervis, 1868
3
An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by ...
He is here at the door, and importunes access to you - As You Like It. Importunacy. Art thou not asham'd to wrong him with thy importunacy Two Gent, cf Ver. — Your importunacy cease till after dinner - Tim. of Athens. Impose. According to your ...
Samuel Ayscough, 1790
4
Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes
1 — He is here at the door, and importunes access to you - At Ton Like It. Importunacy. Art thou not asham'd to wrong him with thy importunacy Two Cent, of Per. — Your importunacy cease till after dinner - Tim. of Athens. Impose. Ace rding to ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Fenton John Anthony Hort, 1790
5
Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
432 ✳importunacy of rights be implied or inferredfrom the actions and words of the person interrogated.” McDonald v. Lucas, 677 F.2d 518, 520 (5th Cir. 1982). In the following sentences, infer might have served better than imply. One would  ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2011
6
Annual Report of the Board of Education Together with the ...
Another cause which has contributed to the improvement of teachers is, the importunacy of the demand for better ones, made by the committees. Sometimes, indeed, this importunacy has been unreasonable. Were all that part of the annual  ...
Massachusetts. Board of Education, 1847
7
Interpreting the Parables
The lesson to be learned from the man who asks for bread for his visitor is not as easily determined and depends on the meaning and subject of the word usually translated "importunacy" (avaiSeta). Traditionally this has been taken to refer to ...
Craig L. Blomberg, 2009
8
The Spirit of the Pilgrims
The uses of the discipline of Providence in giving a sense of reality and importunacy to prayer, is thus well expressed. " The dispensations of the Divine Providence towards the pious, have tho same tendency to confine the devout affections ...
‎1830
9
Reasons for a new edition of Shakespeare's works
Silvia is reproaching Proteus with injuring his friend by making persevering love to her, and she asks — " and art thou not ashamed To wrong him with thy importunacy 1" Thus it stands in the first and in all the folio editions ; yet in Malone's ...
John Payne Collier, 1842
10
A Gaelic Dictionary: In Two Parts I. Guelic and English. - ...
Written also earradh ; which see. Earadhain, s.f. A bit, a bridle. Earadhain sreine, the reins of a bridle. Ear all, s.f. Exhortation, importunacy ; urging; caution; warning ; reproof. An tl a bheir earail, he who exhorts. — Stew. Rom. Rinn e ro- earail, ...
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPORTUNACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term importunacy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Begging for Better Grades? There's a Better Way
... supposed to offer words of solace and encouragement, and outline some approaches towards importunacy that will succeed. OK, here goes:. «Huffington Post, Feb 12»
2
How to: archive and back up photos
... daylight's [B]uggs for cheap online[/B] enterpriser judices incognoscibility hyporhined advances importunacy nontactic forejudging woodfall ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»

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