INSTANCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does instancy mean? 

• INSTANCY (noun)
  The noun INSTANCY has 2 senses:

1. the quickness of action or occurrence

2. the quality of being insistent

  Familiarity information: INSTANCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTANCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quickness of action or occurrence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

immediacy; immediateness; instancy; instantaneousness

Context example:

the instancy of modern communication

Hypernyms ("instancy" is a kind of...):

celerity; quickness; rapidity; rapidness; speediness (a rate that is rapid)

Derivation:

instant (occurring with no delay)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being insistent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

imperativeness; instancy

Context example:

he pressed his demand with considerable instancy

Hypernyms ("instancy" is a kind of...):

urgency (pressing importance requiring speedy action)

Derivation:

instant (demanding attention)

Domain usage:

archaism (the use of an archaic expression)