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instanter

[in-stan-ter] / ɪnˈstæn tər /
ADVERB
directly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
immediately instantaneously instantly promptly quickly shortly
STRONG
forthwith straightaway
WEAK
anon at once contiguously dead due first off in a second presently pronto right away speedily straight off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
eventually later
WEAK
indirectly
ADVERB
immediately
Synonyms
STRONGEST
directly forthwith instantly promptly rapidly shortly soon urgently
STRONG
now
WEAK
PDQ anon at short notice away double-time hereupon in a New York minute in a flash in a jiffy in nothing flat instantaneously like now now or never on the dot on the double on the spot pronto right now soon afterward straight away straight off summarily thereupon this instant this minute tout de suite unhesitatingly without delay without hesitation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
later
WEAK
eventually never
ADVERB
instantly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
directly immediately instantaneously right away
STRONG
forthwith now
WEAK
PDQ at once away double-time first off in a flash on a dime pronto right spontaneously straight away there and then this minute tout de suite without delay
Antonyms
STRONG
later
WEAK
eventually
ADVERB
now
Synonyms
STRONGEST
today
STRONG
directly forthwith immediately instantly nowadays straightaway
WEAK
PDQ any more at once at the moment at this moment at this time away first off here and now in a minute in a moment in nothing flat just now like now momentarily on the double promptly pronto right away right now soon these days this day
Antonyms
STRONG
eventually later
WEAK
future past
ADVERB
right
Synonyms
STRONGEST
away straight
STRONG
direct due now
WEAK
at once first off forthwith immediately instantly promptly quickly right away straight away straightly undeviatingly
Antonyms
WEAK
inaccurately inappropriately incorrectly indirectly unfairly unjustly unsuitably wrongly
ADVERB
right off
Synonyms
WEAK
anon at once contiguously dead due first off forthwith immediately in a second instant instantaneously instantly now presently promptly pronto quickly right away shortly speedily straight off straightaway
ADVERB
straight
Synonyms
STRONGEST
away dead right away
STRONG
direct due now right straightaway
WEAK
as the crow flies at once exactly first off forthwith in direct line instantly lineally point-blank straightforwardly straightly undeviatingly
Antonyms
STRONG
indirectly
WEAK
later
ADVERB
straightaway
Synonyms
STRONG
dead due forthwith immediately instant instantly now right straight
WEAK
anon at once contiguously direct first off in a second instantaneously presently promptly pronto quickly right away right off shortly speedily straight off
Antonyms
STRONG
eventually indirectly later
ADVERB
straight off
Synonyms
WEAK
anon at once contiguously dead due first off forthwith immediately in a second instant instantaneously instantly now presently promptly pronto quickly right away right off shortly speedily straightaway

Example Sentences

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That tipped it, of course, and instanter the troubadour was all but drowned out by a swarm of laughing, giggling flower children.

From Time Magazine Archive

At one point where their special train was going at only 5 m.p.h., the hose of the air brakes broke and stopped the train instanter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reserve Bank Governor Johannes Postmus told Premier Hertzog that something drastic must be done instanter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bigger crowds in all stations gave proof that passenger volume had jumped instanter.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was, in short, a favorite among our number instanter, and continues so.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson