promptly

adverb

prompt·ly ˈpräm(p)t-lē

ˈpräm-plē

Synonyms of promptly next

: in a prompt manner : without delay : very quickly or immediately

I'm going to speak French again, something I learned in school and promptly forgot.—

Deanna Pai

Treatment is promptly resumed until the virus is suppressed again, and then stopped to see if the patient's immune system is able to keep the viral levels in check.—

Joan Stephenson

: exactly at a particular time or the correct time

She arrived promptly at 7:00 p.m. as we had agreed.

Examples of promptly in a Sentence

shipped the package promptly so that it would arrive on time

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Casino magnate Steve Wynn promptly trumped the president and gave $1 million to the club as did two other billionaires. —

Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025 They were promptly disqualified, as Ben Golliver of The Washington Post reports. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025 Adhere to evacuation orders: When local authorities issue an evacuation order, promptly comply. —

Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025 Los Angeles showed resolve in climbing out of the hole on the road … to promptly get smashed with another one of these: Two devastating early runs put the writing on the wall in fluorescent Kelly green. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for promptly