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[ adverb ] without delay; with no time intervening
Examples "he answered immediately" "found an answer straightaway" "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith" "Come here now!" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)He was stirred by the announcement of Volta 's discovery of chemical electricity and he immediately applied the voltaic_pile to experiments with acids and alkalis . (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)Immediately , the religious groups of the city were embroiled in an angry dispute over the alleged invasion of a man 's right to freedom of religious_belief and conscience . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The moment the alarm goes_off , information is immediately forwarded to Honolulu , which is the center of the warning system . The warning system immediately went into action . (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)He had enlisted in the Army straight out of high_school and had immediately set_about learning his new trade . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
Examples "he answered immediately" "found an answer straightaway" "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith" "Come here now!" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] near or close by
Examples "he passed immediately behind her" Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)The figures in the next-to-last column are derived with the assumption of 50 per_cent shielding by the Earth ; hence , these figures apply immediately above the Earth 's atmosphere . (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)Thus , a child 's Skeletal Age `` dots '' may be classified as `` advanced '' when they appear above the middle curve , `` moderate '' when they appear immediately above or below the middle curve , and `` delayed '' when they appear below the lower curve . Onsets , Completions , and Skeletal Ages ( Hand ) of boy 34 and girl 2 may be directly compared and classified , using only those Skeletal Ages which appear immediately below the Onset Profile and the Completion Profile . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)With the first reports , Russell 's horse wheeled to the right and ran towards the buildings while Cook , followed by a hail of bullets , raced towards the arroyo of Salyer_'s_Canyon immediately in_front_of him , just reaching it as his horse fell . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)The downtown store continues to offer the great inducement of variety , both within its gates and across the street , where other department_stores are immediately convenient for the shopper who wants to see what is available before making_up_her_mind . Related terms |
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