Synonyms for urgently
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1. urgentlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   apathetically, half-heartedly

2. urgentlyadverb

   With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.

   Synonyms:
   pressingly, imperatively

   Antonyms:
   apathetically, half-heartedly

3. urgentlyadverb

   Continuously. With insistence.

   He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.

   Synonyms:
   persuasively, persistently

   Antonyms:
   apathetically, half-heartedly

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1. urgently, desperatelyadverb

   with great urgency

   "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash"

   Synonyms:
   desperately

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1. List of paraphrases for "urgently":

   urgent, emergency, desperately, quickly, sorely, badly, immediately, promptly, urgency, rapidly, swiftly, expeditiously, absolutely, contingency, speedily

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1. Hannah Wesolowski:

   Some states are well equipped to respond, and others will rely heavily on national back-up centers -- meaning not every caller will get the value of a local response that they urgently need.

2. Michael Waldman:

   Congress failed to include sufficient, urgently needed funds in the stimulus to help states run elections in a time of pandemic, this could wreak havoc in November.

3. Fran Beyrtison:

   Clean water freezes in the tanks, sanitation becomes an issue, and diseases can spread more easily, lebanon and the UN recently issued an appeal to help up to 2.9 million vulnerable people. The international community needs to fund this appeal urgently to allow aid to reach people in need.

4. The VAs office:

   The Department of Veterans Affairs( VA) Office of Inspector General( OIG) has been working with our federal law enforcement partners to investigate the allegations of potential wrongdoing resulting in patient deaths at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., at this time, we can not comment further on those activities. As is always the case, the VA OIG works with the department to identify and urgently address allegations related to patient safety. The care and safety of our veterans and their families remain our top priority.

5. David Nabarro:

   We do need to keep making it clear that people are needed and needed urgently ... Every day we wake up and realize the enormity of the job ahead.