immediately

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IMME'DIATELY, adverb Without the intervention of any other cause or event; opposed to mediately. The transfer, whether accepted immediately by himself, or mediately by his agent, vests in him the property. 1. Instantly; at the present time; without delay, or the intervention of time. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will, be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matthew 8:3.
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