instancy
instancy · instancies
Insistence, insistencyInsistence, insistency
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Insistence, insistency
(countable, uncountable)Immediacy, instantaneousness
More definitions
- the quality of being insistent
- the quickness of action or occurrence
Origin
From instant + -cy.From instant + -cy.
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Forms
plural: instancies| Singular | instancy |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- the quality of being insistent:imperativeness
- the quickness of action or occurrence:immediacyimmediatenessinstantaneousness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedinstant
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.