Definitions for IMMEDIATELY
ɪˈmi di ɪt liim·me·di·ate·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shotadverb

   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!"

2. immediatelyadverb

   near or close by

   "he passed immediately behind her"

3. immediatelyadverb

   bearing an immediate relation

   "this immediately concerns your future"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. immediatelyadverb

   In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

   I hope we can begin immediately.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Immediatelyadverb

   Etymology: from immediate.

   1. Without the intervention of any other cause or event.

   God's acceptance of it, either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop, is that which vests the whole property of a thing in God. Robert South, Sermons.

   2. Instantly; at the time present; without delay.

   Her father hath commanded her to slip
   Away with Slender, and with him at Eaton
   Immediately to marry. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. immediately

   In legal usage, "immediately" forms several compounds based on its conventional definitions.

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1. immediately

   Immediately is an adverb which means right away or without any delay. It refers to an action taking place as soon as another event is completed or occurring at once.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Immediatelyadverb

   in an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous

2. Immediatelyadverb

   without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once

3. Immediatelyadverb

   as soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'IMMEDIATELY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #961

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'IMMEDIATELY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1565

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'IMMEDIATELY' in Adverbs Frequency: #100

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce IMMEDIATELY?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of IMMEDIATELY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of IMMEDIATELY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of IMMEDIATELY in a Sentence

1. Jeremy Mackenzie:

   We kind of knew the basics of the situation and the location, and so immediately, we just started deploying our team, within half an hour, we were in the air.

2. Christopher Willingham:

   Through all of her treatment, and despite the pain she was in, her temperament never changed. - Cpl. Juan Rodriguez There were no human casualties during Lucca’s bomb-sniffing patrols. Her career ended in March 2012 when she lost her leg and suffered chest burns from a bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Cpl. Juan Rodriguez, who was her handler at the time, stayed by her side throughout each step of Lucca’s recovery. The explosion was huge and I immediately feared the worst for Lucca, i ran to her and saw her struggling to get up. I picked her up and ran to the shelter of a nearby tree line, applied a tourniquet to her injured leg and called the medics to collect us.

3. Former Marine Lucas Naccarati:

   That was a different world. I immediately thought,' this is not OK. Someone is going to die here, i've never seen a mass amount of bodies dropping that fast before.

4. Yoseph Tassew:

   The potential of these new drugs means that I am seeing people with extensively drug-resistant TB walk out of the hospital who otherwise would be dead, it's frustrating that after half a century, we finally have new TB medicines that can save the lives of the sickest patients, but we can't offer this hope to all people who could immediately benefit.

5. Lloyd Austin:

   I will seek the president’s approval to make the vaccines mandatory no later than mid-September, or immediately upon [Food and Drug Administration approval] whichever comes first, i will not hesitate to act sooner or recommend a different course to the President if l feel the need to do so.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=IMMEDIATELY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Immediately
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=IMMEDIATELY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immediately
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/IMMEDIATELY
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=IMMEDIATELY