urgently
adverb
urgently is spelled U-R-G-E-N-T-L-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, urgently means “With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in urgently?
| Letters | 8: U-R-G-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is urgently?
Urgently appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce urgently?
Urgently has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of urgently
- more urgently comparative
- most urgently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does urgently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
We all urgently need to apply solutions to the problem of pollution.
- 2
Continuously. With insistence.
He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Urgently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense with a sense of urgency:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | urgemment, d'urgence |
| German | dringend |
| Portuguese | urgentemente |
| Spanish | urgentemente, de ahora para ahorita, por luego |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does urgently come from?
From urgent + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).