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[ noun ] insistent solicitation and entreaty
Examples "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)Women themselves have come to look_upon matters in the same light as the outside world , and scarcely find any wrong in submitting to the importunities of a stronger will , even when their affections are withheld . Related terms |
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