pressing
/ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ adjective C2- Needing urgent attention.
- Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
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Towers Chandler was pressing his evening suit in his hall bedroom.
But Matthew so rarely went from home that it must be something pressing and unusual which was taking him; he was the shyest man alive and hated to have to go among strangers or to any place where he might have to talk.
But the pressing need for assistance was past.
“Well, seeing you’re so pressing, perhaps I might as well, stay” said Mrs.
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