Immediately
[ɪ'miːdɪətlɪ] or [ɪ'midɪətli]
Definition
(adv.) without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; 'he answered immediately'; 'found an answer straightaway'; 'an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith'; 'Come here now!'.
(adv.) near or close by; 'he passed immediately behind her'.
(adv.) bearing an immediate relation; 'this immediately concerns your future'.
Edited by Denny--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.
(adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.
(adv.) As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.
Edited by Abraham
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Closely, proximately.[2]. Directly, without any intervention.[3]. Instantly, INSTANTER, forthwith, just now, without delay, this moment.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Without_delay, instantly, forthwith, directly, presently, straightway
ANT:With_delay, after_a_while
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Examples
- I clutched the leg of the table again immediately, and pressed it to my bosom as if it had been the companion of my youth and friend of my soul. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Peggotty comes up to make herself useful, and falls to work immediately. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The man touched his hat, got out of the fly immediately, and gave me the letter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He immediately signalled to the cruiser to send water, medicine, and provisions, and another boat made the perilous trip to the Arrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- For example, if the sun's rays fall upon silver chloride, a chemical action immediately begins, and as a result we have two separate substances, chlorine and silver. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I entered the room again immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I will see the lady who keeps the establishment immediately. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Yes; but not only that, said Wemmick, she went into his service immediately after her acquittal, tamed as she is now. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- This brief direction to Charley Bates, and his recent antagonist, was softly and immediately obeyed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The only thing to do, now, is to send for a cab immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But immediately afterwards the armature springs backward and makes contact at _P_ and the entire operation is repeated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mr. Tupman immediately presented himself, with a look of very considerable surprise. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His suggestions were finally approved, although they did not immediately find favor in Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Two of McPherson's divisions were put upon the march immediately. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr Sampson immediately expressed his fervent Opinion that this was 'more than human', and was brought upon his knees at Miss Lavinia's feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Pip's rap, I heard her say, immediately; come in, Pip. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He described the experience in the following words:-- A thrilling, extending from the chest to the extremities, was almost immediately p roduced. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Warren's march carried him immediately behind the works where Hancock's command lay on the Brock Road. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Among the rest there was one for Colonel Brandon;he took it, looked at the direction, changed colour, and immediately left the room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I immediately inquired of her why she left her home with such a dreadful cough. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Thornton's face assumed a likeness to his mother's worst expression, which immediately repelled the watching Margaret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- A fit of the gout produces a long train of passions, as grief, hope, fear; but is not derived immediately from any affection or idea. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- My father did not hestitate, and immediately went to Italy, that he might accompany the little Elizabeth to her future home. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Catching up from the table a piece of bread, and taking his Bargeman's bundle under his arm, Riderhood immediately followed him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sam began to wonder where they were going, when his master turned round, and said-- 'Sam, I will go immediately to Mr. Perker's. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He did not send his groom for it; but galloped to town himself, and was back immediately. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Poor Rosamond is ill, Lydgate added immediately on his greeting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Lowten disappeared with a grin, and immediately returned ushering in the firm, in due form of precedence--Dodson first, and Fogg afterwards. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At last however I got a hearing, and, as I suspected would be the case, was immediately engaged. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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