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(adj) insistent, clamant, crying, exigent
demanding attention
clamant needs; a crying need; regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken; insistent hunger; an instant need
(adj) instantaneous
occurring with no delay
relief was instantaneous; instant gratification
(adj) inst
in or of the present month
your letter of the 10th inst
a particular point in time
the moment he arrived the party began
(noun) New York minute, split second, blink of an eye, wink, heartbeat, trice, twinkling, flash, jiffy
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash