pressingly

English

Etymology

pressing +‎ -ly

Adverb

pressingly (comparative more pressingly, superlative most pressingly)

1. With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
   • 1998, Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone, page 310:

     I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.

2. Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.

   Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly, would you do that at the beginning of a date?

3. With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
   • 2001 April 10, Gillian Healey, “Managing to cope”, in The Guardian:

     In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.

Synonyms

(urgency):

• urgently

(important):

• importantly

(enthusiasm):

• persistently
• persuasively
• enthusiastically

Antonyms

• apathetically
• half-heartedly