instancy

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From instant + -cy.

The devotee’s irrationality springs from a thousand inexplicable demonstrations of God’s instancy in trouble. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
Fra Rinaldo, then, having returned to his former appetites, began to pay frequent visits to his gossip and waxing in assurance, proceeded to solicit her with more than his former instancy to that which he desired of her. — The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio
“No,” he continued, “what we want is to be shut of him.” Thereupon I consulted with Alan, and the parley was agreed to and parole given upon either side; but this was not the whole of Mr. Riach’s business, and he now begged me for a dram with such instancy and such reminders of his former kindness, that at last I handed him a pannikin with about a gill of brandy. — Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson

immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness

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