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this instant

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 instanter 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 minute tout de suite unhesitatingly without delay without hesitation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
later
WEAK
eventually never

Example Sentences

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“It was extremely hard, but in the beginning we knew we had something because there was this instant interaction,” Bathory says of fan response.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2025

“You know, that hole that you feel, it was just this instant, something, in my stomach. That’s the worst feeling ever.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2023

Gina Neff, professor of technology and society at University of Oxford, tweeted the day after the ruling: "Right now, and I mean this instant, delete every digital trace of any menstrual tracking."

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2022

To Kim and Jimmy, he's the guy they formed their waking lives around until this instant.

From Salon • May 24, 2022

“Tell the driver of that black SUV to turn around this instant and come back to our house.”

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green