eindringlich

emphatic, urgent, insistent

adjective AIN-dring-likh Rare

Usage Note

Eindringlich describes speech or a warning that presses urgently and forcefully upon the listener. Eindringlich bitten — to urge insistently; eine eindringliche Warnung — an urgent warning. Implies emotional intensity that demands the listener's attention.

Examples

"Er bat sie eindringlich, das Angebot noch einmal zu überdenken."

Natural Translation

He urged her insistently to reconsider the offer.

Literal Translation

He asked her insistently, the offer once more to reconsider.

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