exigent

adj.

1. Requiring immediate action or remedy. See synonyms at urgent.
2. Requiring much effort or expense; demanding.

[Latin exigēns, exigent-, present participle of exigere, to demand. See exact.]

exigently ex'i·gent·ly adv.

(EK-si-jent)

adjective
1. Requiring urgent attention.
2. Demanding; exacting.

Etymology
From Latin exigent-, stem of exigens, present participle of exigere (to demand, to drive out), from ex- + agere (to drive). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw) that is also the source of such words as act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, and ambassador

Usage
"Taiwan's vast reserves of foreign exchange can be tapped once, perhaps twice, in exigent times. But these reserves ... must be used sparingly." — Mark T. Fung; Rumblings from Taiwan; The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Jan 10, 2001.

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adjective

1. Compelling immediate attention: burning, crying, dire, emergent, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent. See big/small/amount.
2. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength: arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty. See heavy/light.

adj

Definition: difficult, taxing
Antonyms: easy, facile, unpressured

adj

Definition: urgent, pressing
Antonyms: ordinary, unpressured, usual

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: demanding attention
  Synonyms: clamant, crying, insistent, instant

Meaning #2: requiring precise accuracy
  Synonym: exacting

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