importunately
English edit
Etymology edit
importunate + -ly
Adverb edit
importunately (comparative more importunately, superlative most importunately)
- In an importunate manner; with persistent or urgent solicitation.
- 1909, E.M. Forster, “I”, in The Machine Stops:
- 'I suppose I must see who it is', she thought, and set her chair in motion. The chair, like the music, was worked by machinery and it rolled her to the other side of the room where the bell still rang importunately.
Translations edit
in an importunate manner
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References edit
- “importunately”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.