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immediately
adverb
1 immediately
Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening:
— He answered immediately.
synonyms: at once, directly, forthwith, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway.
Roget 684:
with haste,
with all haste,
with breathless speed;
in haste
etc.
adj.;
apace
etc.
(swiftly)
274;
amain†;
all at once
etc.
(instantaneously)
113;
at short notice
&c.;
immediately
etc.
(early)
132;
posthaste;
by cable,
by express,
by telegraph,
by forced marches.
hastily,
precipitately
etc.
adj.;
helter-skelter,
hurry-skurry†,
holus-bolus;
slapdash,
slap-bang;
full-tilt,
full drive;
heels over head,
head and shoulders,
headlong,
a corps perdu [Fr.].
by fits and starts,
by spurts;
hop skip and jump.
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Roget 132:
early,
soon,
anon,
betimes,
rath†;
eft,
eftsoons;
ere long,
before long,
shortly;
beforehand;
prematurely
etc.
adj.;
precipitately
etc.
(hastily)
684;
too soon;
before its time,
before one's time;
in anticipation;
unexpectedly
etc.
508.
suddenly
etc.
(instantaneously)
113;
before one can say 'Jack Robinson',"
at short notice,
extempore;
on the spur of the moment,
on the spur of the occasion
[Bacon];
at once;
on the spot,
on the instant;
at sight;
offhand,
out of hand;
a' vue d'oeil [Fr.];
straight,
straightway,
straightforth†;
forthwith,
incontinently,
summarily,
immediately,
briefly,
shortly,
quickly,
speedily,
apace,
before the ink is dry,
almost immediately,
presently at the first opportunity,
in no long time,
by and by,
in a while,
directly.
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Roget 113:
instantaneously
etc.
adj.;
in no time,
in less than no time;
presto,
subito†,
instanter,
suddenly,
at a stroke,
like a shot;
in a moment
etc.
n..
in the blink of an eye,
in the twinkling of an eye,
in a trice;
in one's tracks;
right away;
toute a l'heure [Fr.];
at one jump,
in the same breath,
per saltum [Lat.],
uno saltu [Lat.];
at once,
all at once;
plump,
slap;
at one fell swoop;"
at the same instant
etc.
n.;
immediately
etc.
(early)
132;
extempore,
on the moment,
on the spot,
on the spur of the moment;
no sooner said than done;
just then;
slap-dash
etc.
(haste)
684.
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2 immediately
3 immediately
Bearing an immediate relation.
phrase
Roget 132:
no sooner said than done,
immediately,
if not sooner;
tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre [Fr.].
Moby thesaurus: PDQ, amain, anon, apace, at once, away, by forced marches, closely, contiguously, cursorily, decisively, directly, expeditiously, feverishly, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist, hastily, helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, in a jiffy, in a second, in a wink, in no time, in passing, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, intimately, just now, just then, momentaneously, momentarily, momently, now, on the dot, on the instant, on the nail, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell, pretty damned quick, promptly, pronto, quickly, right away, right now, right off, shortly, slapdash, smartly, soon, speedily, straightaway, straightway, subito, summarily, superficially, swiftly, this instant, tout de suite, when, with a rush, with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with haste, without delay, without further delay, without hesitation ... show more.
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