# instantly

Pronunciation: say "IN-stuhnt-lee" /ˈɪnstəntli/

## Adverb

1. At once; without any delay.
   - Simple: Right away, without any waiting.
   - _The app responds instantly to every tap._
   - _She recognized him instantly, even after twenty years apart._

## Conjunction

2. As soon as; used to connect a clause to an action that follows it without delay.
   - Simple: Used to mean 'as soon as' when joining two parts of a sentence.
   - _Instantly the doors opened, the crowd surged forward._
   - _He answered the email instantly it arrived._

## Adverb

3. Urgently and with insistence; pressing earnestly for something. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: In a strong, urgent way, like when someone keeps asking until they get an answer.
   - _The ambassador demanded instantly that the treaty be signed, renewing the request each morning._
   - _Friends of the prisoner pleaded instantly for mercy, pressing the court at every hearing._
4. At the same time as something else; simultaneously. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: At the same time as something else.

## Origin

Formed from "instant" combined with the suffix "-ly."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/instantly (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).