To illustrate: If the children are called for a meal, they should come promptly.

The license arrived in a few days, and the magazine began to come promptly, unopened.

For some reason the surgeon did not come promptly.

Your letters come promptly and are always very welcome.

The great horse always took the flood without hesitation, and would come promptly to the other bank.

At two-fifty-six the first gun will be fired, and both crews must come promptly to the judges' boat for alignment.

In fact, it had been an open question whether victory would come promptly enough to avert a wholesale crash at Paris.

Higbee would have regaled him with wild tales of the New York dissipations, and Uncle Peter had come promptly on to pull him up.

I rang the corridor bells, and the normal signals came promptly back.

It came promptly, and was worth more than the gifts of others.

The reply came promptly, and this time it was a long one.

Fortunately their elders realized it, too, and came promptly to the rescue.

Beverley drew a deep breath and came promptly back from his dream.

The boatbuilder came promptly on board the submarine with the news, adding, earnestly:

With its failure came promptly the collapse of the national rising.

Tish and Hutchins came promptly at eight and we got into the car.