promptly (adv.)

  1. with little or no delay; the rescue squad arrived promptly; come here, quick!

    [ Syn: quickly , quickly , quick , quick , quickly , quickly , quick , quick , quickly , quickly , quick , quick , quickly , quickly , quick , quick ]

  2. in a punctual manner; he did his homework promptly

    [ Syn: readily , readily , pronto , pronto , readily , readily , pronto , pronto , readily , readily , pronto , pronto , readily , readily , pronto , pronto ]

  3. at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); he promptly forgot the address

    [ Syn: right away , right away , right away , right away , right away , right away , right away , right away ]

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