instanter
advUS /ɪnˈstæntɚ/ · UK /ɪnˈstæntə/
Etymology Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin īnstanter (“immediately”), originally “vehemently” in Classical Latin.
1
immediately; instantly; without delay.
- "They're another reason why I've got to get my girl and start instanter.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 8:
- They lifted him onto the deck where he lay in his wet seersucker suit and his lemoncolored socks, leering walleyed up at the workers with the hook in his face like some gross water homunculus taken in trolling that the light of God's day had stricken dead instanter.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 9:
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- I cleared my throat & bade all good morning, at which our amicable captain swore, 'You can better my morning, by b—ing off, instanter!'2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
- Related terms
- instant, this instant