pressingly

In demanding fashion

In a pressing manner—with urgency or insistence.

The adverb is rare; writers typically choose *urgently* or *insistently* instead.

The matter needed to be addressed pressingly, before the deadline passed.

urgency

urgently

With pressing immediacy

acutely · imperatively · crucially · vitally · necessarily · compellingly · demandingly · insistently · earnestly · fervently

insistently

urgently

With pressing immediacy

determinedly · tenaciously · doggedly · stubbornly · unrelentingly · emphatically · forcefully · demandingly · importunately · entreatingly

urgently

immediately

Without any pause

imperatively · crucially · vitally · essentially · acutely · necessarily · emergently

insistence

persistently

In an unrelenting manner

tenaciously · relentlessly · importunately · emphatically · forcefully · vehemently · determinedly · resolutely · stubbornly · unyieldingly

Opposites
urgency/immediacy

pressinglyleisurely

Done without urgency

unhurriedly · languidly · slowly · casually · unrushed

intensity of concern/engagement

pressinglyapathetically

Without interest or emotion

indifferently · unconcernedly · half-heartedly · nonchalantly · dispassionately

Phrases
Family

pressing, compressing

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