immediately

Adverb

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
  • "he answered immediately"
• near or close by
  • "he passed immediately behind her"
• bearing an immediate relation
  • "this immediately concerns your future"

Adv

• In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
• Without any intervening time or space.

Conj

• directly (as soon as), instantly, the moment that. Indicates that the independent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the dependent clause's referent does.

Examples

• I hope we can begin immediately.

Synonyms

at once, directly, forthwith, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway, ASAP, anoon, as soon as, by and by, directly after, forthwithal, immediately after, instanter, no sooner said than done, on the nail, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, pronto, right after, right now, right off, soon, stat, this instant, toot sweet, tout de suite, yesterday

Antonyms

eventually

Related Words

in no time, quickly