Instancy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Instancy \In"stan*cy\, n.
     Instance; urgency. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with
           so great instancy gave.                  --Hooker.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  instancy
       n 1: the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of
            their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
            [syn: {immediacy}, {immediateness}, {instantaneousness}]
       2: urgently demanding attention; "the insistence of their
          hunger"; "he pressed his demand with considerable
          instancy" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistence}, {insistency}]