immediately

immediately
    adv 1: 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!" [syn:
           {immediately}, {instantly}, {straightaway}, {straight
           off}, {directly}, {now}, {right away}, {at once},
           {forthwith}, {like a shot}]
    2: near or close by; "he passed immediately behind her"
    3: bearing an immediate relation; "this immediately concerns
       your future"
    

Immediately \Im*me"di*ate*ly\, adv.
   1. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other
      person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to
      {mediately}; as, immediately contiguous.
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            God's acceptance of it either immediately by
            himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop.
                                                  --South.
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   2. Without interval of time; without delay; promptly;
      instantly; at once.
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            And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou
            clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
                                                  --Matt. viii.
                                                  3.
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   3. As soon as. Cf. {Directly}, 8, Note.

   Syn: Directly; instantly; quickly; forthwith; straightway;
        presently. See {Directly}.
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72 Moby Thesaurus words for "immediately":
      PDQ, amain, anon, apace, at once, away, by forced marches, closely,
      contiguously, cursorily, decisively, directly, expeditiously,
      feverishly, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist, hastily,
      helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, in a jiffy,
      in a second, in a wink, in no time, in passing, instantaneously,
      instanter, instantly, intimately, just now, just then,
      momentaneously, momentarily, momently, now, on the dot,
      on the instant, on the nail, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell,
      pretty damned quick, promptly, pronto, quickly, right away,
      right now, right off, shortly, slapdash, smartly, soon, speedily,
      straightaway, straightway, subito, summarily, superficially,
      swiftly, this instant, tout de suite, when, with a rush,
      with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with haste,
      without delay, without further delay, without hesitation