Archaic the quality or condition of being instant; specif., urgency
Origin of instancy
Classical Latin instantiainstancy
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instancy
noun
- The quality or condition of being insistent; urgency: the instancy of their prayers.
- Immediacy of occurrence; instantaneousness: the instancy of her response.
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