Hypertext Webster Gateway: "instancy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Instancy \In"stan*cy\, n.
Instance; urgency. [Obs.]
Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with
so great instancy gave. --Hooker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
instancy
n 1: the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of
their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
[syn: {immediacy}, {immediateness}, {instantaneousness}]
2: urgently demanding attention; "the insistence of their
hunger"; "he pressed his demand with considerable
instancy" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistence}, {insistency}]
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