instantly

Adverb

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
• without any delay

Adv

• At once; without delay.
• Urgently; with insistence.
• At the same time.

Conj

• As soon as, directly.

Examples

• I phoned instantly I heard you were back.
• When the neighbours' dog barked, ours instantly replied with a howl.

Synonyms

at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, in a flash, instantaneously, like a shot, now, outright, right away, straight off, straightaway

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