— urgently , adv.
/err"jeuhnt/ , adj.
1. compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
2. insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person: an urgent pleader.
3. expressed with insistence, as requests or appeals: an urgent tone of voice.
[ 1490-1500; urgent- (s. of urgens ), prp. of urgere to URGE; see -ENT ]