English

Adverb

nonemergently ‎(not comparable)

1. In a way that is not emergent.
   • 1982, Linda C. Stehling, Common problems in pediatric anesthesia, page 98:

     Except in cases of extreme prematurity or debilitation, operative treatment is indicated urgently but nonemergently, with little merit in delay.

   • 1999, John R. Bach, Guide to the Evaluation and Management of Neuromuscular Disease, page 78:

     It is especially important to prevent rather than treat acute respiratory failure because the hospital survival rates of patients with acute respiratory failure undergoing endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy (emergently or nonemergently) have not improved over the past 20 years.

   • 2013, Sandra Ryan, Convenient Care Clinics: The Essential Guide to Retail Clinics for Clinicians, Managers, and Educators:

     Patients with more than three or four episodes a year should be referred nonemergently to an ENT physician.

Antonyms

• emergently