Meaning & use
Importunity
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Persistent, pressing, and often annoying requests or demands.
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The salesman's importunity finally wore down her resistance.
Despite the child's importunity, the parents refused to buy another toy.
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A somewhat formal or literary word, related to 'importune,' meaning to urge persistently.
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