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Instant

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Imperative 84% connected

Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

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Imperative 84% connected

Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

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Present 84% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Present 84% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Broader term 6

Bit 76% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Minute 76% connected

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mo 76% connected

More; -- usually, more in number.

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Moment 76% connected

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Second 76% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Narrower term 3

Climax 76% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Culmination 76% connected

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Instancy 74% connected

Instance; urgency.

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Instancy 74% connected

Instance; urgency.

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Moment 74% connected

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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Moment 74% connected

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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Synonym 13

Clamant 92% connected

Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crying 92% connected

of Cry

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Exigent 92% connected

Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flash 92% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insistent 92% connected

Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Instantaneous 92% connected

Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous.

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Jiffy 92% connected

A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Minute 92% connected

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moment 92% connected

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Second 92% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trice 92% connected

To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twinkling 92% connected

of Twinkle

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Wink 92% connected

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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