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.

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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.

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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

How to pronounce immediately?

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

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

   I didn't change my mind. And we said that immediately, this is one of the sort of political games people play, where we said immediately, look, it was a mistake on our part, we understood the order of the votes. And when we realized it, we corrected it and voted the way I always intended to.

2. Henry Kissinger:

   The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

3. Napoleon Bonaparte:

   Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.

4. Justice Samuel Alito:

   Given the way the confirmation process -- the interviews of senators that occur immediately upon the announcement of the nomination -- I think it would be very difficult for somebody who has not been dealing with the whole breadth of federal law that may come before the Supreme Court to be ready for those interviews, or at least to have thought about how you interpret the Constitution, how do you interpret the statutes, what do you think about precedents -- issues like that, you will be hit with all of that immediately once the nomination has been announced.

5. Peter Drucker:

   Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

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