immediately

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English immediatly, equivalent to immediate +‎ -ly. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈmiːdi.ətli/, /əˈmiːdi.ətli/ (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɪˈmiːdʒətli/, /əˈmiːdʒətli/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ɪˈmiɖ(ɪ)jəʈli/ Hyphenation: im‧me‧di‧ate‧ly, im‧me‧diate‧ly === Adverb === immediately (not comparable) In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:immediately. Without any intervening time or space. ==== Synonyms ==== forthwith, now, right away, straightaway, tout de suite, directly; see also Thesaurus:immediately ==== Translations ==== === Conjunction === immediately As soon as, the moment that. [from 19th c.] Near-synonym: once 1924 (compiled and published posthumously), Oswald Chambers, "The Witness of the Spirit" (reading for Oct. 22), My Utmost for His Highest: Immediately you transact on the Redemption and stop the impertinence of debate, God gives you the witness.