Dictionary Check: exigency
"exigency" is a valid word!
Scrabble
21
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Words with Friends
23
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Definition
noun
a pressing or urgent situation
Example:
"the health-care exigency"
noun
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
Example:
"he never knew what to do in an emergency"
noun
that which is required in a particular situation — usually used in plural.
Example:
"The trench maps used in the Great War resulted from the exigencies of war."
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