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Meanings of instantly in English

Portuguese
sem delonga

In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

sem delonga
Portuguese
imediatamente
Spanish
instantáneamente

Without any delay.

imediatamente
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Examples for "outright"
Examples for "outright"
1
Industry sources said the fast-growing Toronto-based company might consider an outright sale.
Reuters
2
Meanwhile, other Republicans rejected the idea of negotiations outright under current circumstances.
Reuters
3
Some advocate surrender and appeasement, others outright resistance, others simply suggest flight.
Children of Time
4
The opposition charges vote rigging and said Tsvangirai won the contest outright.
Reuters
5
Derivatives usage, for example, changed from just simple hedging to outright investments.
Reuters
1
But, of course, the replication of organisms does not happen instantaneously either.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
2
The accusations being made in these press conferences become news almost instantaneously.
The Guardian
3
He closed his eyes and knew, instantaneously, which way was true north.
Second glance
4
No surprise, given that electric motors provide all of their torque instantaneously.
Wired
5
But then our prey returned from the bathroom; instantaneously, the stakeout resumed.
Eating the dinosaur
1
The opening of the roof revealed the whole scheme in a flash.
A Columbus of Space
2
And in a flash of right-brain inspiration, he glimpsed a possible solution.
A whole new mind: why right-brainers will rule the future
3
He also sounded stern; and in a flash she grasped her position.
The Keeper of the Door
4
Here the whole problem of the playlet is solved in a flash.
Writing for Vaudeville
5
These things Keith observed in a flash; then he turned toward McDowell.
The River's End
Usage of instantly in English
1
Car uncoupled in tunnel; explosion; both men instantly killed; submarine tunnel wrecked.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
2
Almost instantly, a new line of text scrolled across the security screen:
The Flood
3
The reply did not come instantly, for reasons she would later understand.
The last testament
4
Amy looked puzzled by the question, but Josh saw the answer instantly.
Shadows
5
The moment Malema tells this story, people instantly recognise it as true.
The Guardian
6
Now in the face of actual opposition it stiffened instantly into hostility.
A Pagan of the Hills
7
For simple passwords, for example of four letters, it worked nearly instantly.
Reuters
8
The states and the ministers of the allies were instantly in commotion.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
9
The animal plunged; Bathsheba instantly gazed towards it, and saw the blood.
Far from the Madding Crowd
10
The only reliable course of action is one that we take instantly.
The woman who died a lot
11
She got the answer she wanted and instantly lost interest in Armansky.
The girl with the dragon tattoo
12
I recognized you instantly, sitting in the third row in the orchestra.
Zibeline — Volume 1
13
He'd come across the tracks hours ago and had known them instantly.
Antiphon
14
They only work in an enclosed space and they don't work instantly.
Spells
15
I let the subject drop instantly, but I didn't forget a word.
Fortune's Pawn
16
But it's perhaps the most instantly recognisable sound in the technology industry.
The Irish Times
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Instantly through the time
Instantly across language varieties
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