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INSTANCY

Dictionary entry overview: What does instancy mean?

• INSTANCY (noun)
The noun INSTANCY has 2 senses:

1. the quickness of action or occurrence
2. urgently demanding attention

Familiarity information: INSTANCY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INSTANCY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The quickness of action or occurrence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

immediateness; instancy; instantaneousness; immediacy

Context examples:

the immediacy of their response / the instancy of modern communication

Hypernyms ("instancy" is a kind of...):

celerity; quickness; rapidity; rapidness; speediness (a rate that is rapid)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Urgently demanding attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

imperativeness; instancy

Context example:

he pressed his demand with considerable instancy

Hypernyms ("instancy" is a kind of...):

urgency (pressing importance requiring speedy action)

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