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Vinony

simultaneously

adverb

  1. at the same time
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/ / /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English simultaneous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English simultaneously From simultaneous + -ly.

  1. Occurring at the same time.

    “The cradle-rocking and the song would cease simultaneously for a moment, and an exclamation at highest vocal pitch would take the place of the melody.”

    “Numa was about to charge—there was little time in which to compare various methods or weigh the probable results of any. And then a number of things happened, almost simultaneously—the lion sprang from his ambush toward the retreating black—Tarzan cried out in warning—and the black turned just in time to see Numa halted in mid-flight by a slender strand of grass rope, the noosed end of which had fallen cleanly about his neck.”