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instantaneously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Without any delay; in an instantaneous manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

without any delay

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was killed outright

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outright, instantly, in a flash

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English instantaneous Middle English -ly English -ly English instantaneously From instantaneous + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: آنِيًا (ʔāniyan) — Without any delay
  • Catalan: instantàniament — Without any delay
  • Dutch: ogenblikkelijk — Without any delay
  • Finnish: välittömästi — Without any delay
  • Finnish: heti — Without any delay
  • French: instantanément — Without any delay
  • Galician: instantaneamente — Without any delay
  • German: augenblicklich — Without any delay
  • German: im Nu — Without any delay
  • Italian: istantaneamente — Without any delay
  • Portuguese: instantaneamente — Without any delay
  • Russian: мгнове́нно (mgnovénno) — Without any delay
  • Spanish: instantáneamente — Without any delay
  • Urdu: فوراً (fauran) — Without any delay
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