urgently

English

Etymology

urgent +‎ -ly

Adverb

urgently (comparative more urgently, superlative most urgently)

With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
We all urgently need to apply solutions to the problem of pollution.

Funds are urgently required if this work is to be completed as planned.
Continuously. With insistence.
He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.

Synonyms

(great haste): imperatively, pressingly
(continuously): persistently, persuasively

Antonyms

Translations

with a sense of urgency

Armenian: շտապ (hy) (štap)
Catalan: urgentment (ca)
Czech: naléhavě
Esperanto: urĝe
Finnish: kiireellisesti (fi), kiireesti (fi)

French: urgemment (fr), d'urgence (fr)
Hungarian: sürgősen (hu)
Polish: pilnie (pl)
Russian: сро́чно (ru) (sróčno), э́кстренно (ru) (ékstrenno)

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