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Definition of instantly in English: instantlyadverbˈɪnst(ə)ntliˈɪnst(ə)ntli 1At once; immediately. she fell asleep almost instantly Example sentencesExamples - Seeing my eyes fall on the folder, he instantly extends his hand and gives me the folder.
- He said the man, who was young and from the local area, was killed instantly.
- My headache was even worse now so when I got back into the cabin I fell asleep almost instantly.
- A perfect deluge of rain instantly followed, and the roads were quickly flooded.
- The person does not look different, so the problem is not instantly recognisable.
- Once inside, it is instantly obvious why this hotel's fame has spread far and wide.
- On examining the log, the immediate cause of the error was instantly apparent.
- Sometimes I wish I was a writer whom people could instantly recognise by one of their plays.
- If you saw the film Rain Man this gift of instantly recalling certain information will be familiar.
- The cheeses for export are coated with red wax, which makes them instantly recognizable.
- I'm not too keen on directors who think that monochrome instantly adds credibility.
- He instantly lifted his binoculars and looked in the direction of the sound.
- All he does know is that when the moment comes, he will recognise it instantly.
- Oil massage and fresh fish caught and served instantly are a hit among tourists here.
- Unbelievably, he dropped his head onto her shoulder and fell asleep instantly.
- I don't think she'll fall instantly in love with him again and make the same mistake.
- One of their films is instantly recognizable in a fashion that a Kazan film never is.
- It was bailed out instantly, but not before we had once again seen the truth of nuclear energy.
- The box fell apart instantly and the whole content of the box slid out onto my desk and onto the floor.
- Most blind people instantly recognise British bank notes by their different widths.
Synonyms immediately, at once, straight away, right away, instantaneously, suddenly, abruptly, all of a sudden, on the instant, at a stroke, forthwith, then and there, there and then, here and now, this/that (very) minute, this/that instant quickly, rapidly, swiftly, speedily, directly, without delay, promptly in an instant, in a moment, in a (split) second, in a minute, in a trice, in a fraction of a second, in/like a flash, quick as lightning, like a shot, in a wink, in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in two shakes (of a lamb's tail), in (less than) no time, before you know it, on the double, at the speed of light, like an arrow from a bow French tout de suite informal in a jiffy, pronto, before you can say Jack Robinson, double quick, in double quick time, p.d.q. (pretty damn quick), like (greased) lightning, toot sweet Indian informal ekdam archaic straightway, instanter, forthright 2archaic Urgently or persistently. Example sentencesExamples - The sultan, to be assured of the truth, pleaded instantly.
Definition of instantly in US English: instantlyadverbˈinst(ə)ntlēˈɪnst(ə)ntli 1At once; immediately. she fell asleep almost instantly Example sentencesExamples - He instantly lifted his binoculars and looked in the direction of the sound.
- Once inside, it is instantly obvious why this hotel's fame has spread far and wide.
- Seeing my eyes fall on the folder, he instantly extends his hand and gives me the folder.
- Oil massage and fresh fish caught and served instantly are a hit among tourists here.
- I'm not too keen on directors who think that monochrome instantly adds credibility.
- On examining the log, the immediate cause of the error was instantly apparent.
- If you saw the film Rain Man this gift of instantly recalling certain information will be familiar.
- The cheeses for export are coated with red wax, which makes them instantly recognizable.
- The box fell apart instantly and the whole content of the box slid out onto my desk and onto the floor.
- A perfect deluge of rain instantly followed, and the roads were quickly flooded.
- Sometimes I wish I was a writer whom people could instantly recognise by one of their plays.
- Most blind people instantly recognise British bank notes by their different widths.
- Unbelievably, he dropped his head onto her shoulder and fell asleep instantly.
- It was bailed out instantly, but not before we had once again seen the truth of nuclear energy.
- All he does know is that when the moment comes, he will recognise it instantly.
- One of their films is instantly recognizable in a fashion that a Kazan film never is.
- I don't think she'll fall instantly in love with him again and make the same mistake.
- He said the man, who was young and from the local area, was killed instantly.
- The person does not look different, so the problem is not instantly recognisable.
- My headache was even worse now so when I got back into the cabin I fell asleep almost instantly.
Synonyms immediately, at once, straight away, right away, instantaneously, suddenly, abruptly, all of a sudden, on the instant, at a stroke, forthwith, then and there, there and then, here and now, that minute, this minute, that very minute, this very minute, that instant, this instant 2archaic Urgently or persistently. Example sentencesExamples - The sultan, to be assured of the truth, pleaded instantly.
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