promptly
advUS /ˈpɹɑmptli/ · UK /ˈpɹɒmptli/
Etymology From prompt + -ly.
› In a prompt manner.
1
Both soon and quickly.
- […] the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- After being kidnapped by a seagoing ne'er-do-well, its Lady protagonist finds herself drifting through a passage at the North Pole into a wholly different world, with its own sun, moon and stars, and a population of bear-men, bird-men and fox-men who promptly make her Empress. Win!2011 May 11, Sam Leith, “Sam Leith's top 10 alternative realities”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2021:
2
Exactly at a specific time.
- The sale will begin on January 28th, promptly at 9 a.m.
- Synonyms
- on line
- Derived terms
- overpromptly