urgently

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈɜːdʒəntli/ 🇺🇸 /ˈɜrdʒəntliː/

📖 Definitions

  1. adverb
    In a manner requiring immediate action or attention; with great haste or importance.; With earnest insistence or pressing demand.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more urgently Superlative: most urgently

Collocations

urgently neededurgently requiredurgently requesturgently seekurgently call forurgently appeal

Derivatives

urgenturgencyurge

Synonyms

desperatelypressinglyimperativelycriticallyvitally

Antonyms

calmlyleisurelycasually

Commonly confused

emergently
EN: 'Emergently' relates to something arising unexpectedly; 'urgently' emphasizes the need for immediate action regardless of whether the situation is new.
urgency
EN: 'Urgency' is the noun form denoting the quality of being urgent; 'urgently' is the adverb modifying how an action is performed.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'urgently' retains the 'e' from 'urgent' before adding '-ly' (urgent + ly = urgently), unlike some adjectives that drop the 'e'.

💬 Examples

  1. The patient urgently needed a blood transfusion.

  2. She urgently pleaded with the committee to reconsider their decision.