pressingly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
    — I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.
  2. Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
    — Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly, would you do that at the beginning of a date?
  3. With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
    — In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.

词形变化

more pressingly comparative most pressingly superlative

词汇关系

近义词
urgently importantly persistently persuasively enthusiastically
反义词
apathetically half-heartedly
衍生词
unpressingly

词源

Etymology tree
English pressing
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English pressingly
From pressing + -ly.
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