urgently

With pressing need

Urgently means with pressing importance or immediate need for action.

Something done urgently can't wait: She urgently requested medical assistance, The matter needs to be addressed urgently.

The word conveys that delay would have consequences—missed opportunities, worsening conditions, or harm.

haste

rush

Quick sudden movement

swiftly · fast · dash · sprint · race · scramble · scurry · hasten · expedite · accelerate

immediacy

now

The present moment

straightaway · forthwith · pronto · stat · ASAP · right away · this instant · without delay · at once · posthaste

crisis

emergency

Serious sudden danger

grave · serious · perilous · acute · severe · desperate · triage · code blue · resuscitation · intensive care

priority

pressing

Requiring immediate attention

vital · paramount · top-priority · deadline · time-bound · overdue · burning · compelling · necessitate · mandatory

pressure

insist

Assert with determination

  • demandForceful request or requirement
  • pressApply force downward
  • pushForce something away

plead · implore · beseech · entreat · exhort · appeal · petition · badger · nag · hound

Categories
Opposites
time pressure

urgentlyleisurely

Done without urgency

unhurriedly · slowly · gradually · eventually · in due course

intensity of effort/concern

urgentlycasually

In an informal way

indifferently · apathetically · half-heartedly · nonchalantly · lackadaisically

importance/priority

urgentlytrivially

In unimportant manner

insignificantly · unimportantly · incidentally · secondarily · optionally

Phrases
Family

urgent, insurgent

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G