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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Importunity \Im'por*tu"ni*ty\, noun; pl. {Importunities}. [L. importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunit['e].] The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
O'ercome with importunity and tears. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
importunity
noun: insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" [syn: {urgency}, {urging}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "importunity": blandishment, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, demandingness, dunning, exigency, importunacy, importunateness, insistence, nagging, persistence, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pestering, plaguing, plying, pressing, pressingness, pressure, teasing, urgency, urging, wheedling
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