-ənsē, -si noun
( -es )
Etymology: Latin instantia
1. : urgency , insistence
continued to press his claim with some instancy
the vivid instancy of an involuntary cry — C.E.Montague
2. : nearness of approach : imminence
the instancy of peril — Yale Review
3. : immediateness of occurrence or action : instantaneousness
the instancy of their response
the instancies of aviation and television — Mary Madeleva