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

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. immediatelyadverb

   In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

   I hope we can begin immediately.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say immediately in sign language?

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. Julian Fellowes:

   It won't go on forever -- I'm not a believer in that, but I can't immediately now tell you where the end will be.

2. The Delta statement:

   Effective immediately, Delta will officially ban shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight.

3. Jill Hamlin:

   Our boys were targeted, they were targeted from the get-go. Immediately there were all these people running around filming.

4. Edward Grace:

   That investigation will take us wherever the facts lead. At this point in time, however, multiple efforts to contact Dr. Walter Palmer have been unsuccessful, we ask that Dr. Palmer or his representative contact us immediately.

5. Susan Heffron:

   I immediately said, wow, this would have been amazing if we could have had this opportunity, it would have been reassuring toknow that at the end,he was peaceful and he was resting.

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