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instancy

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: instancy

1
n
the quickness of action or occurrence
2
n
the quality of being insistent
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: instancy
1

n the quickness of action or occurrence

“the instancy of modern communication”
Synonyms:
immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness
Type of:
celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
a rate that is rapid
2

n the quality of being insistent

“he pressed his demand with considerable instancy
Synonyms:
imperativeness
Type of:
urgency
pressing importance requiring speedy action
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