Adverb

(en adverb)

At this moment, at present, now.

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Adverb

(er)

(label) Immediately, instantly.

Within a short time; quickly.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,

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Early.

* Bible, (w) ii. 18

How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?

Readily; willingly; used with would , or some other word expressing will.

* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.