adv
Meaning 1
In a prompt manner.
Both soon and quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
promptly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈpɹɑmptli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒmptli/
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CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 M P T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R AA1 M P L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In a prompt manner.
Exactly at a specific time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The sale will begin on January 28th, promptly at 9 a.m.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a punctual manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he did his homework promptly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: readily, pronto
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he promptly forgot the address
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: right away
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
with little or no delay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the rescue squad arrived promptly
- come here, quick!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quickly, quick
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English prompt Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English promptly From prompt + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: веднага (vednaga) — in a prompt manner
- Bulgarian: незабавно (nezabavno) — in a prompt manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 迅速 (xùnsù) — in a prompt manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 及时 (jíshí) — in a prompt manner
- Dutch: prompt — in a prompt manner
- Esperanto: akurate — in a prompt manner
- Esperanto: rapide — in a prompt manner
- Finnish: pikaisesti — in a prompt manner
- Finnish: ripeästi — in a prompt manner
- Finnish: nopeasti — in a prompt manner
- Finnish: joutuisasti — in a prompt manner
- Galician: logo — in a prompt manner
- Hungarian: haladéktalanul — in a prompt manner
- Hungarian: nyomban — in a prompt manner
- Hungarian: rögtön — in a prompt manner
- Hungarian: azonnal — in a prompt manner
- Indonesian: segera — in a prompt manner
- Navajo: hah — in a prompt manner
- Navajo: haneetehee — in a prompt manner
- Norwegian: prompt — in a prompt manner
- Norwegian: prompte — in a prompt manner
- Plautdietsch: fuaz — in a prompt manner
- Portuguese: prontamente — in a prompt manner
- Russian: немедленно (nemedlenno) — in a prompt manner
- Russian: незамедлительно (nezamedlitelʹno) — in a prompt manner
- Spanish: inmediatamente — in a prompt manner
- Spanish: rápidamente — in a prompt manner
- Spanish: de inmediato — in a prompt manner
- Spanish: sin demora — in a prompt manner
- Spanish: con prontitud — in a prompt manner
- Spanish: prontamente — in a prompt manner
- Swedish: prompt — in a prompt manner
- Ukrainian: негайно (nehajno) — in a prompt manner
- Ukrainian: швидко (švydko) — in a prompt manner
- Ukrainian: відразу (vidrazu) — in a prompt manner