Definitions for instancy

instancy in·stan·cy

Spelling: [in-stuh n-see]
IPA: /ˈɪn stən si/

Instancy is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 210 anagrams from letters in instancy (acinnsty).

Definitions for instancy

noun

  1. quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
  2. immediateness.

Origin of instancy

From the Latin word instantia, dating back to 1505-15. See instance, -ancy

Examples for instancy

For a moment those within did not in the instancy of their discourse hear Wat's summons.

It is a call to adventure with the unknown, an adventure sharpened by the threat of loss and tense with the instancy of action.

But what riveted the resemblance most was the instancy of their sympathetic communion.

At the same moment the lawyer, thus relieved of the instancy of his fear, changed his tactics.

The devotee's irrationality springs from a thousand inexplicable demonstrations of God's instancy in trouble.

Word Value for instancy
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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