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urgency

/ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/ noun B2
  1. The quality or condition of being urgent. (countable, uncountable) · the urgency of a demand
  2. Insistence, pressure, urge. (countable, uncountable) · I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
  3. A sudden and compelling need to urinate or defecate that is difficult to defer. (countable, uncountable)

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The barren scene, the sense of loneliness, and the mystery and urgency of my task all struck a chill into my heart.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 154 · C1
In the weeks that followed he worked with a strange, quiet urgency, as if the notebooks had to be finished before the room that had produced them disappeared.
The Museum of Lost Umbrellas, p. 1 · C2

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