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immediately
(/I/'m/i/d/i//I/tl/i/ )

adverb (r)

  • without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening(adv.all)
    Example:
    He answered immediately.
    source: wordnet30
  • near or close by(adv.all)
    Example:
    He passed immediately behind her.
    source: wordnet30
  • bearing an immediate relation(adv.all)
    Example:
    This immediately concerns your future.
    source: wordnet30
  • In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

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