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Synonyms for promptly prompt·ly, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word promptly ., princeton's wordnet rate these synonyms: 2.2 / 5 votes.

promptly, quickly, quick adverb

with little or no delay

"the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

Synonyms: rapidly , pronto , chop-chop , speedily , cursorily , readily , right away , quickly , quick , apace

promptly, readily, pronto adverb

in a punctual manner

"he did his homework promptly"

Synonyms: readily , pronto , quick , quickly , right away

promptly, right away adverb

at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)

"he promptly forgot the address"

Synonyms: at once , straightaway , pronto , now , like a shot , straight off , directly , immediately , right away , quickly , quick , instantly , readily , forthwith

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List of paraphrases for "promptly":

quickly , rapidly , expeditiously , immediately , swiftly , speedily , rapid , timely , soon , fast , forthwith , quick , prompt , urgently , speedy , diligently , early , readily , immediate

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Failure to correct the violations promptly may result in legal action, including product seizure, injunction and/or criminal prosecution.

Mayor Mike Duggan :

We've been assured by Emergency Manager Earley that DPS will respond promptly to correct any deficiencies found in these inspections and we look forward to working with the district to resolve these problems.

Director Christine Lagarde :

Greece is in a situation of acute crisis, which needs to be addressed seriously and promptly.

The Canadian airline :

Our 189 passengers' safety is our top priority and they were evacuated promptly upon landing.

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Anthrax is a zoonotic disease with human cases often tied to animal exposure. For example, multiple cases have occurred at African drumming events when individuals were exposed to animal drum skins that contained anthrax spores, because of the risk of spillover into humans, it is crucial to monitor animal anthrax outbreaks and delimit the exposure of humans while promptly administering post-exposure antibiotics to those exposed. It is also important to emphasize Anthrax is a major biowarfare threat and being prepared for outbreaks of animal origin directly enhances abilities to respond to a potential bioattack using anthrax.

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• ripeästi, pikaisesti, joutuisasti, nopeasti Finnish
• prompt, prompte Norwegian
• hah Navajo, Navaho

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Promptly as an Adverb

Definitions of "promptly" as an adverb, synonyms of "promptly" as an adverb (13 words), usage examples of "promptly" as an adverb, associations of "promptly" (30 words).

The synonyms of “Promptly” are: pronto, readily, right away, quick, quickly, punctually, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, fast, as soon as possible, asap, expeditiously

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English , “promptly” as an adverb can have the following definitions:

• In a punctual manner.
• At once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence.
• Used to express surprise, and slight disapproval, when someone does something shortly after something else.
• With little or no delay.
• At exactly a specified time; punctually.
• With little or no delay; immediately.
• The rescue squad arrived promptly.
• Jamie arrived promptly at 8:30.
• He promptly forgot the address.
• He paid the fine promptly.
• He did his homework promptly.
• I won my appeal, but instead of reinstating me, they promptly sacked me again.

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promptly in English dictionary

Meanings and definitions of "promptly".

• In prompt manner; both soon and quickly.
• adverb In prompt manner; both soon and quickly.
• adverb at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address"
• adverb in a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly"
• adverb with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

Synonyms of "promptly" in English dictionary

pronto, quick, quickly are the top synonyms of "promptly" in English thesaurus.

• pronto · quick · quickly · right away · readily

at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address"

in a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly"

with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

Grammar and declension of promptly

• st. wyższy   stopień wyższy more promply; st. najwyższy   stopień najwyższy most promptly
• promptly ( comparative more promptly , superlative most promptly )

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Synonyms for promptly in English

• promptly ; readily ; adept ; immediately ; at once ; right away ; immediate ; instantly ; straight away ; pronto ; quick ; quickly
• drive ; prompt ; urge ; suggest ; initiate ; raise ; bring in ; whisper ; whisper in someone's ear ; inspire ; strike into ; tell ; instigate ; cue ; remind ; move ; propel ; incite ; motivate ; actuate
• in time ; timely ; prompt ; in good time ; without delay ; soon ; quick ; swift ; rapid ; speedy ; immediate ; straightaway
• mnemonic device ; reminder ; study aid ; prompt ; command prompt ; prompting
• prompt ; ready ; expeditious ; immediate

Detailed Synonyms for promptly in English

• promptly adv
• readily adv
• immediately adv
• at once adv
• right away adv
• immediate adj
• instantly adv
• straight away adj
• he did his homework promptly 1
• he promptly forgot the address 1
• come here, quick! 1
• quickly adv
• the rescue squad arrived promptly 1

Related Words for "promptly":

Alternate synonyms for "promptly":.

• quickly ; quick
• readily ; pronto

Related Definitions for "promptly":

Promptly form of prompt :, to prompt verb (prompts, prompted, prompting).

• drive verb (drives, drove, driving)
• prompt verb (prompts, prompted, prompting)
• urge verb (urges, urged, urging)
• suggest verb (suggests, suggested, suggesting)
• initiate verb (initiates, initiated, initiating)
• raise verb (raises, raised, raising)
• bring in verb (brings in, brought in, bringing in)
• whisper verb (whispers, whispered, whispering)
• whisper in someone's ear verb
• inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
• strike into verb (strikes into, struck into, striking into)
• tell verb (tells, told, telling)
• She prompted me to call my relatives 1
• instigate verb (instigates, instigated, instigating)
• remind verb (reminds, reminded, reminding)
• This moved me to sacrifice my career 1
• propel verb (propels, propelled, propelling)
• incite verb (incites, incited, inciting)
• motivate verb (motivates, motivated, motivating)
• actuate verb

Conjugations for prompt:

Simple past, present perfect.

• have prompted
• has prompted

past continuous

• was prompting
• were prompting
• shall prompt
• will prompt

continuous present

• am prompting
• are prompting
• is prompting

subjunctive

• be prompted
• let's prompt!
• in time adv
• in good time adv
• without delay adv
• a prompt reply 1
• an immediate reply to my letter 1
• was quick to respond 1
• a straightaway denial 1
• the train is prompt 1
• she is always prompt to help her friends 1
• prompt [ the ~ ] noun

the prompt

• mnemonic device [ the ~ ] noun
• reminder [ the ~ ] noun
• study aid [ the ~ ] noun
• command prompt [ the ~ ] noun
• the audience could hear his prompting 1
• expeditious

Related Words for "prompt":

• promptness , prompting , prompts , promptest , promptly

Alternate Synonyms for "prompt":

• on time ; punctual
• expeditious ; timesaving; efficient
• immediate ; quick ; straightaway ; fast
• prompting ; cue
• command prompt ; electronic communication
• motivate ; actuate ; propel ; move ; incite ; cause ; do ; make
• inspire ; instigate ; induce ; stimulate ; have ; get
• remind ; cue ; inform

Related Definitions for "prompt":

• (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command 1
• a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) 1
• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned 1
• give an incentive for action 1
• An audio message played over the telephone to explain valid options to users. 2
• Text or symbols indicating that a computer program is waiting for input from the user. 2
• To cue the user that the system is requesting input or action. 2
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Curiosity prompted her to ask a few questions.

Pride prompted his angry response.

The evidence prompted a criminal investigation.

“Did you hear me?” he prompted when his friend did not respond to his first question.

The actor had to be prompted by someone who was standing offstage.

The computer prompted me to type in a number.

The actor was given a prompt by someone offstage.

She arrived promptly.

She turned off the alarm and promptly went back to sleep.

A reply came very promptly.

...we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week...

...the cruel guards promptly horsewhipped the prisoners if they collapsed under the heavy loads they were forced to carry...

...there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly...

...the drunken reveler staggered out the door and promptly puked in the bushes...

She gave me a few terse instructions and promptly left the room.

Promptly used in a sentence

Promptly in a sentence as an adverb.

As for Google+, I signed up briefly when it launched but then promptly closed it.

The dolphin promptly went to the mother and did the same to the scientist with milk !

They'd pay a huge premium to acquire a bunch of Android customers than they'd promptly purge.

I was scared I would get fired, so I promptly made new buns, but spent the rest of my shift trying to get rid of my blunder.

And that I don't think about price is literally true until I'm told how much it costs, then I pay it, then I promptly stop thinking about it.

Being a smart guy he promptly threw away all of my code and rewrote it in a more solid fashion, adding async support, error handling and more.

Thankfully she was wise enough to marry a geek who promptly told her not to upgrade her iPhone 4S to iOS 6 and not to swap it out for an iPhone 5. In fact, not one person in my family will do either of those things.

I just found out about the issue as I bought a Japanese iPhone5S in January and promptly returned it the next day because I couldn't turn off the camera sound.

Or rather, after reading the article, some naked-image scanners to be removed, and then promptly replaced with others from a different company.

*** it in the bud. Running off to write yet another gender-division-in-the-tech-world blog which will be read, primarily, by the sort of folk who already agree with you isn't going to make nearly as much of a difference as taking care of issues promptly.

Don't get me wrong, it happened to me too on my iPad when I upgraded to iOS 6, but I simply sent an email to the developers, asking them whether a fix is going to come in the next day or two and they replied back promptly that I should wait for a fix later that day.

Promptly definitions

with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

See also: quickly quick

in a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly"

See also: readily pronto

at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address"

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  Dictionary entry overview: What does readily mean?  

• READILY (adverb)   The adverb READILY has 2 senses:

  Familiarity information: READILY used as an adverb is rare.

  Dictionary entry details  

• READILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Without much difficulty

Context example:

these snakes can be identified readily

Sense 2

In a punctual manner

promptly ; pronto ; readily

he did his homework promptly

  Context examples  

I can readily understand, she began, that this morning’s affair was largely an accident; but I have been talking with Mr. Haskins.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I can much more readily enter into the temptation of getting away from Miss Bates, than I can believe in the triumph of Miss Fairfax's mind over Mrs. Elton.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The granules in the cell stain readily with chromium and silver salts without pretreatment with a reducing agent.

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A colorless liquid that readily dissolves many chemicals and penetrates animal and plant tissues.

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There had been recent examples of travelers arriving from the unknown with certain tales which had been too readily accepted.

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This lock of hair, which now he can so readily give up, was begged of me with the most earnest supplication.

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Best used on molecules which are charged in solution or readily accept a charge.

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How well she walks! and how readily she falls in with the inclination of others! joining them the moment she is asked.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It would have surprised Anne if Louisa could have readily answered such a speech: words of such interest, spoken with such serious warmth!

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

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• (adv) readily without much difficulty "these snakes can be identified readily"
• Readily In a ready manner; quickly; promptly.
• Readily Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully. "How readily we wish time spent revoked!"
• readily In a ready manner; with facility; quickly; speedily; promptly; easily.
• readily With readiness or alacrity; without delay or objection; willingly.
• readily Just now; at once.
• readily Synonyms See ready.

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