immediately

1. 1.

   without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

   “he answered immediately”

   “found an answer straightaway”

   “an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith”

   “Come here now!”

   Synonymsinstantlystraightawaystraight offdirectlynowright awayat onceforthwithlike a shot
2. 2.

   near or close by

   “he passed immediately behind her”
3. 3.

   bearing an immediate relation

   “this immediately concerns your future”

Questions about immediately

What does immediately mean?

immediately means "without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in immediately?

immediately has 5 syllables: im-me-dia-te-ly. The stress falls on "me". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli/.

What is another word for immediately?

Close synonyms include instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is immediately a common word?

immediately is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.