Definition of urgently in English:
urgently
adverbˈəːdʒ(ə)ntliˈərdʒ(ə)ntli
1In a way which requires immediate action or attention.
housing is urgently needed
this matter has to be addressed urgently
police are urgently seeking witnesses to the attack
Example sentencesExamples
- This now urgently requires leadership by personal example far beyond platitudinous inanities about 'free markets'.
- The intervention of parental authority is urgently called for.
- What they most urgently need is basic freedom, without which democracy cannot be built.
- This issue needs attention desperately and urgently.
- It needed a new kitchen and bathroom, the windows needed replacing urgently, and the roof didn't have much life left.
- 1.1 In an earnest and persistent manner.
she whispered urgently in my ear
Example sentencesExamples
- Just then, the servant enters the room and urgently asks Mrs. Bird to follow him into the kitchen.
- As he was about to usher Elizabeth into the small dark room, a voice from above urgently cried his name.
- The process is repeated, this time with horns providing counterpoint to the urgently strummed guitars.
- I repeatedly, urgently ask my boyfriend, "What's happening?"
- In the cramped space at campaign headquarters, he was shouting urgently across a phone line to his lieutenants.
Definition of urgently in US English:
urgently
adverbˈərdʒ(ə)ntliˈərj(ə)ntlē
1In a way which requires immediate action or attention.
housing is urgently needed
this matter has to be addressed urgently
police are urgently seeking witnesses to the attack
Example sentencesExamples
- This now urgently requires leadership by personal example far beyond platitudinous inanities about 'free markets'.
- It needed a new kitchen and bathroom, the windows needed replacing urgently, and the roof didn't have much life left.
- This issue needs attention desperately and urgently.
- What they most urgently need is basic freedom, without which democracy cannot be built.
- The intervention of parental authority is urgently called for.
- 1.1 In an earnest and persistent manner.
she whispered urgently in my ear
Example sentencesExamples
- The process is repeated, this time with horns providing counterpoint to the urgently strummed guitars.
- As he was about to usher Elizabeth into the small dark room, a voice from above urgently cried his name.
- I repeatedly, urgently ask my boyfriend, "What's happening?"
- In the cramped space at campaign headquarters, he was shouting urgently across a phone line to his lieutenants.
- Just then, the servant enters the room and urgently asks Mrs. Bird to follow him into the kitchen.