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Princeton's WordNet

  1. promptly, quickly, quickadverb

    with little or no delay

    "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

  2. promptly, readily, prontoadverb

    in a punctual manner

    "he did his homework promptly"

  3. promptly, right awayadverb

    at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)

    "he promptly forgot the address"

Wiktionary

  1. promptlyadverb

    In prompt manner; both soon and quickly.

    He promptly got a new job.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Promptlyadverb

    Readily; quickly; expeditiously.

    Etymology: from prompt.

    He that does his merchandise chearfully, promptly and readily, and the works of religion slowly, it is a sign that his heart is not right with God. Taylor.

ChatGPT

  1. promptly

    Promptly refers to doing something immediately or within a short time, without any delay or in a timely manner. This term is often used to emphasize the quickness or urgency of an action.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Promptlyadverb

    in a prompt manner

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Promptly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Promptly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Promptly in a Sentence

  1. Lesetja Kganyago:

    While we expect to see a pickup (in growth) next year, trade tensions, geopolitical risks, political instability are among the challenges, we agreed we need to act promptly to protect the expansion.

  2. Iran Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh:

    We will be raising our oil production at any cost and we have no other alternative, if Iran's oil production hike is not done promptly, we will be losing our market share permanently.

  3. Serge Mackowiak:

    The experts are carrying out their work promptly in order to provide complete and reliable information as soon as possible to the victims' families.

  4. Anthony Bourdain:

    I mean, I never had the highest opinion of him in the first place, but I guess he’s the last person in this life I should look to for principles, david Burke went in and took over [ the space Jose Andres had originally occupied ], and promptly tried to poach David Burke staff, I hear. This was after Jose Andres reached out and said Everyone welcome Jose Andres to Washington, don’t hold it against Jose Andres, just because I decided to pull out. So Burke’s a steaming loaf of sh --, as far as I ’m concerned, and feel free to quote me.

  5. Sabrina Corlette:

    When you get that packet in the mail, respond to it promptly.

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