instantly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IN'STANTLY, adverb Immediately; without any intervening time; at the moment. Lightning often kills instantly 1. With urgent importunity. And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly saying, that he was worthy for whom he should do this. Luke 7:4. 2. With diligence and earnestness. Acts 26:7.
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