importunately
61importunities — importunate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ persistent or pressing. DERIVATIVES importunately adverb importunity noun (pl. importunities) . ORIGIN Latin importunus inconvenient , from Portunus, the god who protected harbours …
62importunity — importunate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ persistent or pressing. DERIVATIVES importunately adverb importunity noun (pl. importunities) . ORIGIN Latin importunus inconvenient , from Portunus, the god who protected harbours …
63importunate — [im pôr′choo nit, im pôr′chənit] adj. [< L importunus (see IMPORTUNE) + ATE1] 1. urgent or persistent in asking or demanding; insistent; refusing to be denied; annoyingly urgent or persistent 2. Obs. troublesome; annoying importunately adv.… …
64importunate — adj. 1 making persistent or pressing requests. 2 (of affairs) urgent. Derivatives: importunately adv. importunity n. Etymology: L importunus inconvenient (as IN (1), portunus f. portus harbour) …
65obtrude — v. 1 intr. be or become obtrusive. 2 tr. (often foll. by on, upon) thrust forward (oneself, one s opinion, etc.) importunately. Derivatives: obtruder n. obtrusion n. Etymology: L obtrudere obtrus (as OB , trudere push) …
