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without delay

ADVERB

early

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly first promptly recently right away soon timely

STRONG

betimes

WEAK

at once freshly in a jiffy in an instant in no time instantaneously instantly newly presto primitively seasonably straightaway summarily thereon thereupon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

later

WEAK

late

ADVERB

forthwith

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abruptly right away

STRONG

directly instantly now straightaway

WEAK

at once away quickly right now suddenly tout de suite

Antonyms

STRONG

later

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 instant this minute tout de suite unhesitatingly 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 instanter on a dime pronto right spontaneously straight away there and then this minute tout de suite

Antonyms

STRONG

later

WEAK

eventually

ADVERB

on time

Synonyms

WEAK

dependable not delayed not late on schedule prompt punctual punctually reliable timely

ADVERB

presently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

immediately soon

STRONG

shortly

WEAK

anon before long before you know it by and by directly down the line down the pike down the road in a minute in a moment in a short time now nowadays pretty soon today

Antonyms

STRONGEST

later never

WEAK

eventually

ADVERB

readily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheerfully eagerly easily freely gladly immediately promptly willingly

WEAK

at once at the drop of a hat facilely hands down in a jiffy in no time lightly no sweat nothing to it piece of cake quick as a wink right away slick as whistle smoothly speedily straight away swimmingly unhesitatingly well without demur without difficulty without hesitation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly grudgingly unwillingly

ADVERB

right away

Synonyms

STRONGEST

immediately

WEAK

right off the bat straightaway

ADVERB

short

Synonyms

STRONG

suddenly unawares

WEAK

aback by surprise forthwith sudden unanticipatedly unaware unexpectedly without hesitation without warning

ADVERB

tout de suite

Synonyms

WEAK

at once in a wink in an instant now pronto right away

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Officials were under legal, market and budgetary pressure to pass a plan without delay, and also said it’s important for California to signal market certainty.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Not your retirement account, but a taxable brokerage account you can sell from without penalty, without delay and without taxes on the principal you put in.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

"The urgency is absolute. The deployment of the gang repression force must take place without delay," said Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Read your putt while others are putting, have your club and yardage ready, and play without delay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

His letters arrived in Berkeley on Friday, January 26; at dawn the following Monday, Ernest was on the long-distance line, making an emotional plea for the Rockefeller Foundation to fund the cyclotron without delay.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

without delay

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