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  • 51namolnie — Natrętnie Eng. Otrusively or importunately …

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  • 52importunate — [ɪm pɔ:tjʊnət] adjective persistent or pressing. Derivatives importunately adverb importunity noun (plural importunities). Origin C16: from L. importunus inconvenient , based on Portunus, the god who protected harbours; see word history at …

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  • 53button-hole — v. a. Persuade importunately, hang about, prose at, bore …

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  • 54urgently — ad. Pressingly, violently, vehemently, cogently, forcibly, importunately …

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  • 55haunt — I. v. a. 1. Frequent, resort to. 2. Hang upon, importune, follow importunately. 3. Inhabit, hover about, frequent (as a spectre or ghost). II. n. Retreat, resort, den, frequented place …

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  • 56press — I. v. a. 1. Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush. 2. Squeeze out, express. 3. Make smooth, smooth, flatten. 4. Embrace closely, hug, clasp. 5. Constrain, compel, force. 6. Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate. 7. Straiten, distress …

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  • 57importunate — adjective formal always asking for things in an annoying or unreasonable way: importunate demands importunately adverb importunity noun (U) …

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  • 58importunate — /ɪmˈpɔtʃənət/ (say im pawchuhnuht) adjective 1. urgent or persistent in solicitation. 2. pertinacious, as solicitations or demands. 3. troublesome. {importun(e) + ate1} –importunately, adverb –importunateness, noun …

  • 59ply — I. /plaɪ / (say pluy) verb (plied, plying) –verb (t) 1. to use; employ busily, or work with or at: to ply the needle. 2. to carry on, practise, or pursue: to ply a trade. 3. to treat with something repeatedly applied: I plied the fire with fresh… …

  • 60importunate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ persistent or pressing. DERIVATIVES importunately adverb importunity noun (pl. importunities) . ORIGIN Latin importunus inconvenient , from Portunus, the god who protected harbours …

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