promptly

promptly

English

Etymology

prompt +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑmptli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒmptli/
• Hyphenation: prompt‧ly

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Adverb

promptly (comparative more promptly, superlative most promptly)

1. In prompt manner; both soon and quickly.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     […] the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep.

Translations

in a prompt manner

Chinese: Mandarin: 迅速地, 及时的 Esperanto: akurate, rapide (eo) Finnish: pikaisesti, ripeästi (fi), nopeasti (fi), joutuisasti (fi) Galician: logo

Indonesian: segera (id) Navajo: hah, haneetehee Norwegian: prompt (no), prompte Portuguese: prontamente (pt) Russian: немедленно (ru) (nemedlenno), незамедлительно (ru) (nezamedlitelʹno)