Transiently vs Instantly - What's the difference?
transiently | instantly |
(archaic) Urgently; with insistence.
*, II.27:
At once; without delay.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.}}
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As adverbs the difference between transiently and instantly
is that transiently is in a transient manner; momentarily; briefly while instantly is (archaic) urgently; with insistence.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.
England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report, passage=The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. }}