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this instant
adverb as in immediately
Strong match
Weak matches
- anon
- at short notice
- away
- double-time
- hereupon
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in a New York minute
- in nothing flat
- instantaneously
- instanter
- like now
- now or never
- on the dot
- on the double
- on the spot
- PDQ
- pronto
- right now
- soon afterward
- straight away
- straight off
- summarily
- thereupon
- this minute
- tout de suite
- unhesitatingly
- without delay
- without hesitation
Example Sentences
The Dodgers appeared to lose this instant mojo before the bottom of the second inning even began with that pitch-clock violation, and it only got worse.
“You’re gonna write to her this instant and tell her to give me a house!”
“Both of you should be back in bed this instant. The photo-balloons have probably already caught you and sent their reports,” Aries said.
This instant reaction shaped everything that followed, although that wouldn't become apparent until later.
“You need to go down for a nap right this instant, Buddy,” my mother told him.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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