immediately

Definition

  • adverb: with no person or thing in between
  • adverb: in direct connection or relation
  • synonyms: instantly, forthwith, straightway

Examples

  • The cause of the problem was not 'immediately' clear. [=is was not known right away]

  • They live in the house 'immediately' [='directly'] behind this one.

  • We need to leave 'immediately'. [='at once', 'right away']

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) left engine continued setting himself on during flight. Then the Data is wrong The evidence showed that the engine was Idle or Sub-Idle immediately following the bird strike. You show me the left engine I show you dead birds and no power The left engine was lost in the crash, (..)
    2016 Sully
  • (..) He simply followed the QRH No, no he wasn't. He wasn't following proper procedure at all. And I know because I had the QRH in my hands. He switched to APU immediately after engine blowback. According to the Airbus that's the th thing to do. If he followed the damn rules, we would be dead. (..)
    2016 Sully