EGAVE

exigent

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
  2. adjective Demanding; requiring great effort.
  3. noun Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
  4. noun The amount that is required.
  5. noun A writ in proceedings before outlawry.

Similar words

clamant insistent demanding exacting instant imperative crying urgent pressing urgently

Often followed by

circumstances and in circumstance of demands than une to

Word family

exigently

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