instant
/ˈɪnstənt/ adjective A2- Impending; imminent.
- Urgent; pressing; acute.
- Insistent; persistent. · January 2, 1827, Thomas Carlyle, letter to Mrs. Carlyle, Scotsbrig I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation.
- Present; current; extant.
- Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
- Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
- Very quickly and easily prepared. · instant coffee; instant noodles; instant mashed potato; instant photo
- Of the current month. · I refer to your letter of the 16th instant in regard to traffic disruption.
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Chandler assisted her to her feet with instant and solicitous courtesy.
Come back this instant and put something on you.
He paused in hopes of an answer: but his companion was not disposed to make any; and Elizabeth at that instant moving towards them, he was struck with the notion of doing a very gallant thing, and called out to her,--
Still, the instant’s delay brought Rikki-tikki up to her, and as she plunged into the rat-hole where she and Nag used to live, his little white teeth were clenched on her tail, and he went down with her--and very few mongooses, however wise and old they may be, care to follow a cobra into its hole.
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