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Meaning promptly meaning

What does promptly mean?

promptly

— adverb (= quick) with little or no delay the rescue squad arrived promptly come here, quick! — adverb in a punctual manner he did his homework promptly — adverb at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence) he promptly forgot the address

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quickly immediately suddenly at once rapidly instantly right away fast abruptly without delay quick hastily pronto speedily readily unexpectedly straight away punctually nimbly unhesitatingly swiftly smartly in time in haste efficiently with expedition urgently soon regularly quick-wittedly prompt on time now in a hurry hurriedly forthwith express expeditiously directly deftly briskly accurately willingly thereupon then and there summarily stringently strictly straightway straightaway

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On time

What words indicate that something happens on time?

on time right on time punctually promptly on cue on the dot at the right time at the designated time at the appointed time when expected right when it was supposed to happen at the exact moment

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How do I use promptly in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He turned on the TV, and promptly fell asleep sitting before the set.

The man ran into the room wearing a boot on his head, shouted a bunch of gibberish, and promptly exited.

Any orders you place with us will be processed promptly.

Medical help arrives promptly after an accident.

I want you to somehow resolve the situation as promptly and avoiding to cause trouble for my sister and those around us as much as possible.

The aeroplane to Dunedin left the aerodrome promptly at eight in the morning.

Tom pays his debts promptly.

He was promptly fired.

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Now, according to missionary rules, lights out promptly at 10, and we all wake up at exactly 6:30.

And six months later, you found work and promptly paid back my 20 marks.

Linda was a girl, so she promptly had Julia.

Everyone that saw her promptly insists that she was never there at all.

After which I placed Tracy on her bed and promptly returned down here to you two, which doubtless you remember.

Nice of you to come so promptly.

We close promptly at 6.00.

You will be required to leave this room at 4:30 promptly.

I'm going to meet him promptly, 10:00 tomorrow morning.

If everyone paid as promptly as you.

He's quiet, drinks, but not to drunkenness. Pays his bills promptly with money earned as a costume jewelry salesman. Wholesale.

You collect taxes promptly and provide more tributes every year. It is a great help to us.

I recommend you promptly repeal your decree.

Thank you for calling me so promptly.

We'll have dinner promptly at 7.

Dinner promptly at 7.

Promptly at two.

We start at 1 a.m. Promptly.

Thank you very much for coming so promptly.

Now, in addition promptly at 5:00 Major Scanlon will give us a surprise incident.

Thank you for coming so promptly.

Six months ago they formed this club here in London and promptly left for Driercliff, the ancestral home of a Mr. Bruce Alastair, their eldest member.

Oh yes, we always pay promptly but what worries me, Mr. Holmes, is. Whether these two deaths were accidental or not.

Lefty landed a light left hook to the stomach and Moore promptly dropped on his back.

Mr. Meng's been living here nearly 14 years and always paid his rent promptly.

You will be required to leave this room at 4:30 promptly. You will confine yourself, it is our understanding to the chapters in Mr. Thatcher's manuscript regarding Mr. Kane.

We simply acted promptly.

Too promptly.

Why didn't you kill me promptly?

Yet there is a way of getting it, straightforwardly and promptly.

Promptly.

You collect taxes promptly and provide more tributes every year.

We pay our taxes promptly.

This building's sanitation is very poor and some rooms are in a deplorable condition. We fear the worst if this situation is not promptly corrected.

News and current affairs

After a long winter and a non-existent spring, summer started promptly with the first kick-off - and virtually overnight, Germany has flaunted its sunniest and most delightful side.

Painful choices about how to close the long-run fiscal gap should be decided now and implemented promptly once the economy has recovered.

Europe must work--promptly--to overturn Ibrahim's conviction.

Once the Japanese engineered their own QE, the yen promptly depreciated.

Having promptly achieved depreciation, it may have succeeded.

The risk is that, by then, it could be too late to save the euro from a partial break-up: what might work if adopted promptly could be ineffective if adopted in six months.

The DR-CAFTA pays lip service to international labor standards as enshrined in the International Labor Organization's core labor rights, but promptly throws them overboard.

The 2007-2009 financial crisis portended a similar outcome, but this time the world's governments and central banks intervened promptly, in a coordinated fashion, and with an appropriately high volume of stimulus.

Mao achieved his goal following the so-called peaceful liberation of the East Turkestan Republic (now Xinjiang) in 1949 and the invasion of Tibet in 1950, which promptly increased China's size by more than one-third.

From the beginning of this crisis, on September 11 th, NATO's European members (as well as other countries, of course) promptly lined up with the US in moral and political solidarity, and with offers of cooperation.

But to be effective in the cause of heroism, the hero must die promptly.

To staunch the flow of migrants over the Balkan route, Hungary has imposed controls on its borders - and was promptly followed by Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Poland.

He reacts to Russia's domestic problems - widespread poverty, the situation in Chechnya, the fight against oligarchs - just as clearly, promptly, and explicitly, while most other politicians either keep silent or mumble incoherently.

Followers promptly destroyed 150 billboards in Moscow.

Once the Japanese engineered their own QE, the yen promptly depreciated. That has kept the euro strong.

Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sought to return, but was promptly sent back into exile.

This variable makes an enormous difference in terms of whether debt will be regularly and promptly serviced.

Third, it is essential to remove online extremist content promptly.

The critical issue has been policymakers' willingness to act promptly, before there is clear evidence of an economic downturn.

He was promptly sidelined to a command in provincial France.

The US crisis promptly turned into a global meltdown thanks to the commingling of balance sheets across jurisdictions.

Meanwhile, Britain's anti-European United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) performed poorly in the general election earlier this month, and then promptly fractured.

A state-owned cotton company collects his cotton relatively efficiently, gins it nearby to produce lint and then sells the lint on the international market, generally paying Madi promptly and fairly.

A mature bilateral relationship is one in which even difficult issues can be discussed routinely and promptly.

Policymakers must periodically reassess their efforts and promptly abandon failures.

Successful leaders combine these skills so that unfiltered bad news can reach them and be acted upon promptly.

The other civilian leader, Nawaz Sharif, responded by defying his exile, returning to Pakistan, and promptly being re-expelled.

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