Synonyms for urgently
ur·gent·ly

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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. Julie Bodin:

   It is important to support youth and children to pass from a culture of war and conflict to a culture of peace, child-friendly spaces and youth networks are urgently needed to rebuild these children's lives, as well as institutions, such as schools, which will help them thrive.

2. Aliko Dangote:

   The high investment risk climate and upfront capital cost of energy investments, particularly renewables, are critical barriers to the development of energy markets, the world urgently needs a new economic revolution driven yet again by adaptations in energy utilization, only this time with a greater consciousness of the environment and resource conservation.

3. Andreas Dombret:

   For me it's logical to have much more consolidation. I fail to see how this cannot happen, banks must urgently rethink their strategies to survive.

4. Brad Adams:

   Rather than confronting the inherent cruelty of capital punishment, Pakistani officials are puzzling over how to hang a man in a wheelchair, the government should urgently commute Abdul Basit's sentence.

5. Ed Whiting:

   If we are to bring the global threat of AMR under control, we must ensure that new antibiotics currently in development make it to the people who need them most, this plan makes a strong argument for continuing UK leadership on this important debate, but we must move further and faster to ensure there is a sustainable pipeline for the antibiotics we so urgently need.