instanter
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstæntɚ/ / /ɪnˈstæntə/ / /ɪnˈstantə/
adv
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin īnstanter (“immediately”), originally “vehemently” in Classical Latin.
- immediately; instantly; without delay.
“"They're another reason why I've got to get my girl and start instanter.”
“They lifted him onto the deck where he lay in his wet seersucker suit and his lemoncolored socks, leering walleyed up at the workers with the hook in his face like some gross water homunculus taken in trolling that the light of God's day had stricken dead instanter.”