Exigent Definition

exigent
adjective
  1. demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
  2. requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

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