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urgently

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: ER1 JH AH0 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We all urgently need to apply solutions to the problem of pollution.
  • Funds are urgently required if this work is to be completed as planned.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Continuously. With insistence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

with great urgency

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • health care reform is needed urgently
  • the soil desperately needed potash

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: desperately

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English urgent Middle English -ly English -ly English urgently From urgent + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: շտապ (štap) — with a sense of urgency
  • Belarusian: тэрміно́ва (terminóva) — with a sense of urgency
  • Belarusian: пі́льна (pílʹna) — with a sense of urgency
  • Bulgarian: спе́шно (spéšno) — with a sense of urgency
  • Bulgarian: сро́чно (sróčno) — with a sense of urgency
  • Catalan: urgentment — with a sense of urgency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緊急地 /紧急地 (jǐnjí de) — with a sense of urgency
  • Czech: naléhavě — with a sense of urgency
  • Esperanto: urĝe — with a sense of urgency
  • Finnish: kiireellisesti — with a sense of urgency
  • Finnish: kiireesti — with a sense of urgency
  • French: urgemment — with a sense of urgency
  • French: d'urgence — with a sense of urgency
  • German: dringend — with a sense of urgency
  • Greek: επειγόντως (epeigóntos) — with a sense of urgency
  • Hungarian: sürgősen — with a sense of urgency
  • Italian: urgentemente — with a sense of urgency
  • Japanese: 緊急に (kinkyū ni) — with a sense of urgency
  • Korean: 긴급하게 (gin'geuphage) — with a sense of urgency
  • Polish: pilnie — with a sense of urgency
  • Portuguese: urgentemente — with a sense of urgency
  • Russian: сро́чно (sróčno) — with a sense of urgency
  • Russian: э́кстренно (ékstrenno) — with a sense of urgency
  • Russian: спе́шно (spéšno) — with a sense of urgency
  • Slovak: naliehavo — with a sense of urgency
  • Slovak: súrne — with a sense of urgency
  • Spanish: urgentemente — with a sense of urgency
  • Spanish: de ahora para ahorita — with a sense of urgency
  • Spanish: por luego — with a sense of urgency
  • Ukrainian: терміно́во (terminóvo) — with a sense of urgency
  • Ukrainian: пи́льно (pýlʹno) — with a sense of urgency
  • Ukrainian: спі́шно (spíšno) — with a sense of urgency
  • Walloon: strapanmint — with a sense of urgency