promptly

English

Etymology

From prompt ‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑmptli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒmptli/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: prompt‧ly

Adverb

promptly (comparative more promptly, superlative most promptly)

1. In a prompt manner.
   1. Both soon and quickly.
      • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

        […] the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep.

   2. Exactly at a specific time.

      The sale will begin on January 28th, promptly at 9 a.m.

Synonyms

• on line; see also Thesaurus:punctually

Translations

in a prompt manner

• Bulgarian: веднага (bg) (vednaga), незабавно (bg) (nezabavno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迅速地, 及时的

• Esperanto: akurate, rapide (eo)
• Finnish: pikaisesti (fi), ripeästi (fi), nopeasti (fi), joutuisasti (fi)
• Galician: logo
• Hungarian: haladéktalanul (hu), nyomban (hu), rögtön (hu), azonnal (hu)
• Indonesian: segera (id)
• Navajo: hah, haneetehee
• Norwegian: prompt (no), prompte
• Plautdietsch: fuaz
• Portuguese: prontamente (pt)
• Russian: немедленно (ru) (nemedlenno), незамедлительно (ru) (nezamedlitelʹno)
• Spanish: inmediatamente (es), rápidamente (es)
• Swedish: prompt (sv)
• Ukrainian: негайно (nehajno), швидко (uk) (švydko), відразу (vidrazu)