'exigent' in The Idiot | Bookmarker

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(adjective) requiring immediate aid or action / (adjective) requiring or calling for much; demanding

I wanted to write a story that created just that mood—a pink hotel, Albinoni, ashes, and being unable to leave—in an exigent and dignified fashion.

—p.58 by Elif Batuman

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