Definitions for insistency

insistency in·sist·en·cy

Spelling: [in-sis-tuh n-see]
IPA: /ɪnˈsɪs tən si/

Insistency is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 248 anagrams from letters in insistency (ceiinnssty).

Definitions for insistency

noun

  1. insistence.

Origin of insistency

First recorded in 1855-60; insist + -ency

Examples for insistency

But the words would not be forgotten, and there were circumstances which accounted in some measure for their insistency.

Overcome by the insistency of Barrot and the rest of us, Rmusat one evening yielded.

Hurstwood almost exclaimed out loud at the insistency of this thing.

If his cause is just we gain by his insistency and determination.

One object, in particular, is mentioned with insistency by nearly all the chronicles, both Mussulman and Christian.

The King's terrible reply to Montmorency's insistency is well known.

And now,’ continues the count, ‘I thank you from my heart for your insistency.

His questions and his insistency on certain points told me that he had some theory.

The insistency of the seventh is felt in the strong measures with the words, "oh let us in, oh, let us in."

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