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)

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)

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