Definition of INSTANCY

instancy

Plural: instancies

Noun

  • The quality or state of being urgent or immediate.
  • the quickness of action or occurrence
    • "the instancy of modern communication"
  • the quality of being insistent
    • "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy"
  • insistence, insistency
  • immediacy, instantaneousness

Examples

  • The INSTANCY of the game clock made him rush his final play in Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

From instant + -cy.

Scrabble Score: 13

instancy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
instancy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
instancy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

instancy: valid Words With Friends Word