Adverb

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(archaic) Urgently; with insistence.

*, II.27:

Theoxena although she were instantly urged thereunto, could never be induced to marry againe.

At once; without delay.

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* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson, work=Telegraph

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Adverb

(en adverb)

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct means.

Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.

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Exactly; just.

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Straightforwardly; honestly.

(label) Immediately.

(label) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.