Instantly vs Immediately - What's the difference?
instantly | immediately |
(archaic) Urgently; with insistence.
*, II.27:
At once; without delay.
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As adverbs the difference between instantly and immediately
is that instantly is urgently; with insistence while immediately is in an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.As a conjunction immediately is
Indicates that the dependent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the independent clause's referent does.instantly
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Alternative forms
* enstantly (rare) * instantlie (obsolete) * instauntly (obsolete)Adverb
(-)- Theoxena although she were instantly urged thereunto, could never be induced to marry againe.
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immediately
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Adverb
(-)- I hope we can begin immediately .
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