All promptly synonyms
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P p adverb promptly
- enthusiastically β In an enthusiastic manner.
- now β at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- cravingly β With longing or craving.
- nowadays β at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- freshly β Newly; recently.
- expeditiously β In an expeditious manner.
- fast β moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- quickly β with speed; rapidly; very soon.
- expectantly β In an expectant manner.
- instantaneously β occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.
- instantly β immediately; at once.
- zestfully β With zest or enthusiasm.
adv promptly
- chop chop β pidgin English for quickly
- instanter β immediately; at once.
- brusquely β abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
- at the drop of a hat β If you say that you are ready to do something at the drop of a hat, you mean that you are willing to do it immediately, without hesitating.
- in time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- hastily β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- chop-chop β with haste; quickly.
- facilely β moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- heedlessly β careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- ardently β having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.
- by and by β presently or eventually
- longingly β strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
- directly β in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- anticipatorily β of, showing, or expressing anticipation.
- in short order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- immediately β without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once: Please telephone him immediately.
- fervently β having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
- full tilt β at the full potential, speed, energy, forcefulness, etc.
- in no time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- hereupon β upon or on this.
- actively β engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- impatiently β not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- hungrily β having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- in nothing flat β no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- arbitrarily β subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
- breathlessly β without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- double-quick β very quick or rapid.
- contiguously β touching; in contact.
- hurriedly β moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- in high gear β Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- like a bat out of hell β very fast
- eagerly β keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- fleetly β swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- like a shot β a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- before long β If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
adj promptly
- matinal β (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- early β in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.