Dictionary Definition
immediately adv
1 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!" [syn: instantly, straightaway, straight
off, directly,
now, right away,
at once,
forthwith, in real
time, like a
shot]
2 near or close by; "he passed immediately behind
her"
3 bearing an immediate relation; "this
immediately concerns your future"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈmiːdiətli/
- Hyphenation: im·me·di·ate·ly
Translations
in an immediate manner
- Danish: øjeblikkeligt, med det samme
- Dutch: meteen, direct, onmiddellijk
- Finnish: heti, välittömästi
- French: immédiatement, tout de suite
- German: sofort
- Greek: αμέσως
- Hungarian: azonnal
- Polish: zaraz, natychmiast
- Portuguese: imediatamente
- Slovene: takoj
- Spanish: de inmediato, ya
- Swedish: ögonblickligen, på direkten
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
PDQ,
amain, anon, apace, at once, away, by forced marches, closely, contiguously, cursorily, decisively, directly, expeditiously, feverishly, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist,
hastily, helter-skelter,
hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, in a
jiffy, in a second, in a wink, in no time, in passing, instantaneously,
instanter, instantly, intimately, just now, just
then, momentaneously, momentarily, momently, now, on the dot, on the instant, on
the nail, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell, pretty damned quick,
promptly, pronto, quickly, right away, right now,
right off, shortly,
slapdash, smartly, soon, speedily, straightaway, straightway, subito, summarily, superficially, swiftly, this instant, tout de
suite, when, with a rush,
with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with haste, without
delay, without further delay, without hesitation