 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
immediately
adverb
1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he
answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway";
"an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended
forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: {instantly}, {straightaway},
{straight off}, {directly}, {now}, {right away}, {at
once}, {forthwith}, {in real time}, {like a shot}]
2: near or close by; "he passed immediately behind her"
3: bearing an immediate relation; "this immediately concerns
your future"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Immediately \Im*me"di*ate*ly\, adverb
1. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other
person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to
{mediately}; as, immediately contiguous.
God's acceptance of it either immediately by
himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop.
--South.
2. Without interval of time; without delay; promptly;
instantly; at once.
And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou
clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
--Matt. viii.
3.
3. As soon as. Cf. {Directly}, 8, Note.
Syn: Directly; instantly; quickly; forthwith; straightway;
presently. See {Directly}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "immediately":
PDQ, amain, anon, apace, at once, away, by forced marches, closely,
contiguously, cursorily, decisively, directly, expeditiously,
feverishly, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist, hastily,
helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, in a jiffy,
in a second, in a wink, in no time, in passing, instantaneously,
instanter, instantly, intimately, just now, just then,
momentaneously, momentarily, momently, now, on the dot,
on the instant, on the nail, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell,
pretty damned quick, promptly, pronto, quickly, right away,
right now, right off, shortly, slapdash, smartly, soon, speedily,
straightaway, straightway, subito, summarily, superficially,
swiftly, this instant, tout de suite, when, with a rush,
with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with haste,
without delay, without further delay, without hesitation
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