English dictionary

immediately

/I/'m/i/d/i//I/tl/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adverb

without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

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Examples
He answered immediately.

Synonyms at once directly forthwith instantly like a shot now right away straight off straightaway

Source: WordNet 3.0
near or close by

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Examples
He passed immediately behind her.

Source: WordNet 3.0
bearing an immediate relation

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Examples
This immediately concerns your future.

Source: WordNet 3.0
In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to <i>mediately</i>; as, <i>immediately</i> contiguous.

adverb

Source: webster1913