noun
- The quickness of action or occurrence.
- usage: "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
- synonyms: immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness
- The quality of being insistent.
- usage: "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy"
- synonyms: imperativeness
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