In"stant*ly (?), adv.

1.

Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.

Macaulay.

2.

With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.

"They besought him instantly."

Luke vii. 4.

Syn. -- Directly; immediately; at once. See Directly.

 

© Webster 1913.

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