importunity

«importunity» in Mova's school dictionary: the habit of asking again and again, pestering someone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural importunities)

meaning for a pupil

1) Importunity is the habit of asking again and again, pestering someone until they give in. tree →

2) An importunity is one such pestering request. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, the nagging of people who want something, which wears down a father or a king until he gives way

examples

• I could not bear the importunity of these flies. tree →
• The father gave in to their importunities to get some peace. tree →
• Her importunity wore down the old man at last. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «importunity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.