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Adverb: immediately  i'mee-dee-ut-lee
  1. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
    "he answered immediately";
    - instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot [informal], right off the bat [N. Amer, informal], instantaneously, outright, in a flash, tout de suite
     
  2. Near or close by
    "he passed immediately behind her"
     
  3. Bearing an immediate relation
    "this immediately concerns your future"

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