[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/importunity.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / importunity

[← I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/I/)

# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunity/#m1)

2) An importunity is one such pestering request. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunity/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunity/#x1)
- The father gave in to their importunities to get some peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunity/#x2)
- Her importunity wore down the old man at last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunity/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «importunity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.