Definitions for INSTANTLY
ˈɪn stənt liin·stant·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 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. instantaneously, outright, instantly, in a flashadverb

   without any delay

   "he was killed outright"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. instantlyadverb

   Urgently; with insistence.

2. instantlyadverb

   At once; without delay.

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

1. Instantlyadverb

   Etymology: instanter, Latin.

   1. Immediately; without any perceptible intervention of time.

   In a great whale, the sense and the affects of any one part of the body instantly make a transcursion throughout the whole body. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. cent. x.

   Sleep instantly fell on me. John Milton.

   As several winds arise,
   Just so their natures alter instantly. Thomas May, Virgil.

   2. With urgent importunity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Instantlyadverb

   without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately

2. Instantlyadverb

   with urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly

British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'INSTANTLY' in Adverbs Frequency: #334

How to pronounce INSTANTLY?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say INSTANTLY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of INSTANTLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of INSTANTLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of INSTANTLY in a Sentence

1. Jonathan Gilliam:

   It's kind of a harsh environment, cold at night, they're instantly setting themselves up for a fall.

2. Moriah DeMartino:

   He’s the man I approached about my club and he instantly shut me down, i ’m really frustrated right now and I ’m really upset.

3. Heather Koehler:

   I instantly broke into tears for her, weddings are so important.

4. Gene Kerns:

   We can reset instruction back to where it was pre-pandemic, but that isn’t going to instantly move students up to where they would have been had the pandemic not occurred, for example, if you worked out every day and then stopped for two years, you aren’t going to be in the same shape as before the break when you return to the gym. We know what to do — and educators are rising to meet this great challenge — but it’s going to take time.

5. Vyoma Venkataraman:

   They are instantly recognizable, they are the doors through which all of the main characters passed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=INSTANTLY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Instantly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=INSTANTLY
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/INSTANTLY