promptlyadverb
uk/ˈprɒmpt.li/us/ˈprɑːmpt.li/B2 quickly, without delay, or at the arranged time:
We'll have to leave fairly promptly (= on time) if we want to catch that train.
We try to answer readers' letters as promptly (= quickly) as we can.
She promised she'd keep it secret and promptly (= immediately after) went and told Dad!
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- She came promptly on the dot of eleven.
- The senator's weekend utterances were promptly rebutted by three of his colleagues on Monday.
- The emergency services arrived promptly at the scene.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hurrying and doing things quickly
- accelerate
- acceleration
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity
- dose
- grease
- haste
- hasten
- hasty
- hit/press/push the panic button idiom
- patch
- rush
- rush into sth
- rush job
- rushed
- scrabble
- sharpish
- snap
- throw
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