immediately

adverb as in at once, right away

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directly, forthwith, instantly, promptly, rapidly, shortly, soon, urgently

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PDQ, anon, at short notice, away, double-time, hereupon, in a New York minute, in a flash, in a jiffy, in nothing flat, instantaneously, instanter, like now, now or never, on the dot, on the double, on the spot, pronto, right now, soon afterward, straight away, straight off, summarily, thereupon, this instant, this minute, tout de suite, unhesitatingly, without delay, without hesitation

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Within minutes, "Jenny" persuaded him to share explicit images of himself and immediately began ruthlessly blackmailing him.

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Arteta said it was difficult to tell how bad the injury was immediately after full-time and that he would be sent for a scan.

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"This time it was yes without the usual 'but' immediately after," he wrote.

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After finishing her education as an electrical engineer, Ms Yadav immediately began looking for a job.

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The day before, that friend had been sending her videos from a demonstration in Casablanca that she was taking part in and Ms Belhassan was immediately uploading them onto her social media accounts.

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