as in immediately
without delay
showed leadership by reacting instantly to the crisis
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as in when
just at the moment that
we realized there would be problems instantly we saw the final report
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Recent Examples of instantly
PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
Users can even jump from scene to scene instantly just by feeding a fresh set of sample frames into the system.
—Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
What's a scent that instantly transports you to a tropical locale?
LS: Balinese Coconut is literally a tropical paradise in a bottle.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Gummy candy has been making waves on TikTok for quite some time—think of Bon Bon, the Swedish candy company that had everyone instantly ordering it online.
—Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 8 Feb. 2025
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Adverb
The touch slider and on/off button worked well, and the switch instantly responded to app and voice commands to turn on and off and to change the brightness level.
—PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
Users can even jump from scene to scene instantly just by feeding a fresh set of sample frames into the system.
—Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
What's a scent that instantly transports you to a tropical locale?
LS: Balinese Coconut is literally a tropical paradise in a bottle.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Gummy candy has been making waves on TikTok for quite some time—think of Bon Bon, the Swedish candy company that had everyone instantly ordering it online.
—Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for instantly
Adverb
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Neither official, however, is leaving politics immediately.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Da Silva immediately cautioned Tanasijević with a yellow and Messi applauded the decision.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Casino magnate Steve Wynn promptly trumped the president and gave $1 million to the club as did two other billionaires.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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They were promptly disqualified, as Ben Golliver of The Washington Post reports.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Switch sides, now extending your left arm and right leg simultaneously.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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The president, for now, seems content to keep both relationships open; certainly, his association with two tech executives considered visionaries has its perks.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Is that aimed at competing directly with the likes of GPT-4 and Gemini?—
Ayesha Javed,
TIME,
16 Feb. 2025
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What’s interesting about the expectation and subsequent demand that Brave New World to directly confront the evils of an administration the filmmakers didn’t know was coming is that those same criticisms weren’t leveled at any of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) Captain America movies.—
Richard Newby,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Instantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instantly. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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