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instant

/ˈɪnstənt/ adverb C2
  1. At once; immediately.
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Chandler assisted her to her feet with instant and solicitous courtesy.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 28 · C1
Come back this instant and put something on you.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 141 · C1
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,--
Pride and Prejudice, p. 27 · B2
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.
The Jungle Book, p. 83 · B2

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