pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need" an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs" the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion
insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"