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exigent
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adjective (a)

  • Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • demanding attention(adj.all)
    Example:
    Regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous.
    Synonym:
    clamant, crying, insistent, instant
    source: wordnet30
  • requiring precise accuracy(adj.all)
    Example:
    Became more exigent over his pronunciation.
    Synonym:
    exacting
    source: wordnet30
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