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Forthwith vs Assoon - What's the difference?

forthwith | assoon |

As adverbs the difference between forthwith and assoon

is that forthwith is immediately; without delay while assoon is an archaic spelling of lang=en.

forthwith

English

Adverb

(-)
  • immediately; without delay
  • * 1885 —
    • So he decreed, in words succinct,
    That all who flirted, leered or winked
    (Unless connubially linked),
    Should forthwith be beheaded.

    Synonyms

    * immediately * straightaway

    assoon

    English

    Adverb

    (head)
  • .
  • * 1661: Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
    • It was placed there assoon as you began to look upon the Wall's small unevennesses.
  • (obsolete) As soon as might be; immediately; forthwith.
  • * 1340: Richard Rolle of Hampole, The Prick of Conscience
    • Thus shall end the dignity of Rome; and assoon after shall come the Antichrist.

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