promptly
adverb
prompt·ly
ˈpräm(p)t-lē 
ˈpräm-plē
1
: 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
Deanna PaiTreatment 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
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: 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
Recent Examples on the Web
Ensure that all firmware and security updates are installed promptly to close potential security gaps.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Hackman took them to a shelter where they were promptly named after the actor and his costar Keanu Reeves, according to The Baltimore Sun.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
So the Pazos didn’t think much of it when their elderly next-door neighbor sold her 1951 house, on a spacious corner lot, to an investor who promptly flipped it, for $999,000, to a home developer.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Many people don't file for a week or more after their job was eliminated, and some among them will find new work promptly and never have a need to seek government support.
—Dan Burns, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Hackman took them to a shelter where they were promptly named after the actor and his costar Keanu Reeves, according to The Baltimore Sun.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
So the Pazos didn’t think much of it when their elderly next-door neighbor sold her 1951 house, on a spacious corner lot, to an investor who promptly flipped it, for $999,000, to a home developer.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Many people don't file for a week or more after their job was eliminated, and some among them will find new work promptly and never have a need to seek government support.
—Dan Burns, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for promptly
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“Promptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/promptly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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