"instantly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɪnstəntli/ [UK] Audio: en-us-instantly.ogg [US]
Etymology: From instant + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|instant|ly}} instant + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} instantly (not comparable)
  1. At once; without delay. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (at once, without delay): immediately, instantaneously Translations (at once): menjëherë (Albanian), веднага (vednaga) (Bulgarian), незабавно (nezabavno) (Bulgarian), instantàniament (Catalan), 立即 (lìjí) (Chinese Mandarin), okamžitě (Czech), ihned (Czech), tuj (Esperanto), välittömästi (Finnish), heti (Finnish), oikopäätä (Finnish), oitis (Finnish), instantanément (French), მაშინვე (mašinve) (Georgian), მყისიერად (mq̇isierad) (Georgian), უმალ (umal) (Georgian), ეგრევე (egreve) (Georgian), unmittelbar (German), αμέσως (amésos) (Greek), हाथों हाथ (haathon haath) (Hindi), azonnal (Hungarian), rögtön (Hungarian), nyomban (Hungarian), tüstént (Hungarian), egyszeriben (Hungarian), quik (Ido), seketika (Indonesian), дереу (dereu) (Kazakh), ភ្លាម (pliem) (Khmer), iugiter (Latin), serta-merta (Malay), tangetange (Maori), momentant (Norwegian Bokmål), momentant (Norwegian Nynorsk), ǣdre (Old English), natychmiast (Polish), od razu (Polish), momentalnie (Polish), błyskawicznie (Polish), instantaneamente (Portuguese), instant (Romanian), сра́зу (srázu) (Russian), anns a' bhad (Scottish Gaelic), sa bhad (Scottish Gaelic), gu grad (Scottish Gaelic), al instante (Spanish), al hilo (Spanish), al tiro (Spanish), instantáneamente (Spanish), తక్షణము (takṣaṇamu) (Telugu), ทันที (tan-tii) (Thai), tezden (Turkish), hemen (Turkish), anında (Turkish), derhâl (Turkish), за́раз (záraz) (Ukrainian), tức thì (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-instantly-en-adv-KZ-jlTGf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 1 38 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 4 33 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 32 2 37 29 Disambiguation of 'at once, without delay': 95 2 3 Disambiguation of 'at once': 92 3 5
  2. (archaic) Urgently; with insistence. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Translations (urgently; with insistence): instamment (French), sürgetve (Hungarian), sürgetőleg (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-instantly-en-adv-en:urgently Disambiguation of 'urgently; with insistence': 3 95 2
  3. (obsolete) At the same time. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-instantly-en-adv-eAuHx9rI Disambiguation of Time: 15 0 76 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 1 38 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 4 33 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 32 2 37 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enstantly [rare], instantlie [obsolete], instauntly [obsolete]

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈɪnstəntli/ [UK] Audio: en-us-instantly.ogg [US]
Etymology: From instant + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|instant|ly}} instant + -ly Head templates: {{head|en|conjunction}} instantly
  1. As soon as, directly.
    Sense id: en-instantly-en-conj-s6O0Y~~s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 1 38 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 4 33 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 32 2 37 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enstantly [rare], instantlie [obsolete], instauntly [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "takṣaṇamu",
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          "word": "తక్షణము"
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tan-tii",
          "sense": "at once",
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          "word": "tezden"
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          "word": "anında"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "menjëherë"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vednaga",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "веднага"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezabavno",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "незабавно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "instantàniament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lìjí",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "立即"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "okamžitě"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "ihned"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "tuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "välittömästi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "heti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "oikopäätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "oitis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "instantanément"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mašinve",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "მაშინვე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mq̇isierad",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "მყისიერად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umal",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "უმალ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "egreve",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "ეგრევე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "unmittelbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amésos",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "αμέσως"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "haathon haath",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "हाथों हाथ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "azonnal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "rögtön"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "nyomban"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "tüstént"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "egyszeriben"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "quik"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "seketika"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dereu",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "дереу"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pliem",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "ភ្លាម"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "iugiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "serta-merta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "tangetange"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "momentant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "momentant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "ǣdre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "natychmiast"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "od razu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "momentalnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "błyskawicznie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "instantaneamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "instant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srázu",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "сра́зу"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "anns a' bhad"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "sa bhad"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "gu grad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "al instante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "al hilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "al tiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "instantáneamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "takṣaṇamu",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "తక్షణము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tan-tii",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "ทันที"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "tezden"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "hemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "anında"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "derhâl"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "záraz",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "за́раз"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "at once",
      "word": "tức thì"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "urgently; with insistence",
      "word": "instamment"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "urgently; with insistence",
      "word": "sürgetve"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "urgently; with insistence",
      "word": "sürgetőleg"
    }
  ],
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}

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