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(prɒmptli)
1. adverb [ADVERB with verb]
If you do something promptly, you do it immediately.
Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.
2. adverb [ADVERB with verb]
If you do something promptly at a particular time, you do it at exactly that time.
Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel. [+ at/on]
Synonyms: punctually, on time, spot on [informal], bang on [informal] More Synonyms of promptly
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Examples of 'promptly' in a sentence
promptly

The religious elite promptly arrested them and threw them into jail.
Christianity Today (2000)
He promptly dropped serve and the set had gone.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He hit the send button and promptly distributed it to the world at large.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The taxpayer had not acted promptly in issuing the proceedings.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The police should be required to act promptly and fairly.
The Sun (2013)
Her teachers have acted promptly to alert the exam board to the problem.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The company acted promptly once it became aware of concerns and informed its regulators at the earliest opportunity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And you want to be able to act promptly when it does by recognising when something might be seriously wrong.
The Sun (2015)
She was promptly arrested and jailed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
South Africa admitted to having had secret nuclear plans and promptly dropped them.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But when the pressure eased, the most important measures were promptly dropped.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The scriptwriter was promptly arrested and exiled to Siberia.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The officer promptly arrested the good citizen Bassett.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
The 26-year-old cook went straight to police for advice and was promptly arrested.
The Sun (2009)
Released on appeal, he was promptly arrested again.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was promptly arrested and taken to the Tower.
Christina Hardyment Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler (2005)
If you had not acted promptly in that direction we would have had to go into Korea alone.
Jenkins, Roy Truman (1986)
Your body will tell you when something is wrong but the trick is to listen to it - and act promptly.
The Sun (2014)
He promptly arrested the driver.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
At which point, according to local legend, he promptly dropped dead.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He added: 'We took the items off him and promptly arrested him.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
promptly

British English: promptly /ˈprɒmptlɪ/ ADVERB
If you do something promptly, you do it immediately.
I set my alarm clock for seven-thirty and promptly fell asleep.
  • American English: promptly
  • Arabic: فَوْرَا
  • Brazilian Portuguese: prontamente
  • Chinese: 立刻
  • Croatian: odmah
  • Czech: promptně
  • Danish: øjeblikkeligt
  • Dutch: prompt
  • European Spanish: puntualmente
  • Finnish: pikaisesti
  • French: rapidement
  • German: prompt
  • Greek: αμέσως
  • Italian: puntualmente
  • Japanese: 即座に
  • Korean: 즉시
  • Norwegian: presis
  • Polish: szybko
  • European Portuguese: prontamente
  • Romanian: prompt
  • Russian: быстро
  • Latin American Spanish: inmediatamente
  • Swedish: omgående
  • Thai: อย่างทันที
  • Turkish: çabucak
  • Ukrainian: миттєво
  • Vietnamese: nhanh chóng

Chinese translation of 'promptly'

promptly

(ˈprɔmptlɪ)

adv

  1. (= immediately) 立刻 (lìkè)
  2. (= punctually) 准(準)时(時)地 (zhǔnshí de)
1 (adverb) 
She lay down and promptly fell asleep.
Synonyms
immediately
She answered his message immediately.
instantly
Allergic reactions can be treated instantly with antihistamines.
swiftly
Lenny moved swiftly and silently across the front lawn.
directly
Directly after the meeting, an official appealed on television.
quickly
The meeting quickly adjourned.
at once
I must go at once.
speedily
This review is being conducted as speedily as possible.
by return
pronto (informal)
unhesitatingly
hotfoot
She arrived hotfoot from the office.
pdq (slang)
posthaste
The pilot decided to return to Farnborough post haste.
2 (adverb) 
We left the hotel promptly at seven.
Synonyms
punctually
My guests arrived punctually at eight.
on time
Don't worry, she'll be on time.
The train arrived on time and she stepped out.
spot on (informal)
bang on (informal)
on the dot
At nine o'clock on the dot, they arrived.
on the button (US)
on the nail
She insisted her lodgers pay her every Friday, on the nail.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of at once
Definition
immediately
I must go at once.
Synonyms
immediately,
now,
right now,
straight away,
directly,
promptly,
instantly,
right away,
without delay,
without hesitation,
forthwith,
this (very) minute,
pronto (informal),
this instant,
straightway (archaic),
posthaste,
tout de suite
in the sense of directly
Definition
immediately or very soon
Directly after the meeting, an official appealed on television.
Synonyms
immediately,
promptly,
instantly,
right away,
straightaway,
speedily,
instantaneously,
pronto (informal),
pdq (slang)
in the sense of hotfoot
Definition
with all possible speed
She arrived hotfoot from the office.
Synonyms
speedily,
quickly,
hastily,
hurriedly,
helter-skelter,
pell-mell,
posthaste

Synonyms of 'promptly'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of instantly
Definition
immediately
Allergic reactions can be treated instantly with antihistamines.
Synonyms
immediately,
at once,
straight away,
now,
directly,
on the spot,
right away,
there and then,
without delay,
instantaneously,
forthwith,
this minute,
pronto (informal),
posthaste,
instanter,
tout de suite,
right now
in the sense of on the dot
Definition
at exactly the arranged time
At nine o'clock on the dot, they arrived.
Synonyms
on time,
sharp,
promptly,
precisely,
exactly (informal),
spot on (informal),
bang on,
dead on (informal),
to the minute,
on the button (informal),
on the nail,
punctually
in the sense of on the nail
Definition
at once
She insisted her lodgers pay her every Friday, on the nail.
Synonyms
immediately,
promptly,
at once,
straight away,
without delay,
punctually
in the sense of on time
Don't worry, she'll be on time.The train arrived on time and she stepped out.
Synonyms
punctual(ly),
prompt(ly),
on schedule,
in good time,
on the dot
in the sense of posthaste
Definition
with great speed
The pilot decided to return to Farnborough post haste.
Synonyms
speedily,
directly,
quickly,
promptly,
at once,
swiftly,
hastily,
straightaway,
full tilt,
pronto (informal),
double-quick,
hotfoot,
pdq (slang),
before you can say Jack Robinson
in the sense of quickly
The meeting quickly adjourned.
Synonyms
immediately,
instantly,
at once,
directly,
promptly,
abruptly,
without delay,
expeditiously
in the sense of speedily
This review is being conducted as speedily as possible.
Synonyms
quickly,
rapidly,
swiftly,
fast,
promptly,
hastily,
briskly,
expeditiously
in the sense of swiftly
Lenny moved swiftly and silently across the front lawn.
Synonyms
fast,
promptly,
hurriedly,
apace (literary),
pronto (informal),
double-quick,
hell for leather,
like lightning,
hotfoot,
like the clappers (British, informal),
posthaste,
like greased lightning (informal),
nippily (British, informal),
in less than no time,
as fast as your legs can carry you,
(at) full tilt,
pdq (slang)
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