immediately

adverb
im·me·di·ate·ly
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/

In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

Example

“I hope we can begin immediately.”

Other meanings

Without any intervening time or space.

Synonyms

now
right away
directly
instantly
straight off
at once

Example sentences

“Not everyone bounces back from trauma immediately.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“You should go to bed immediately.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "immediatly".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “immediately” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.