prompt
/pɹɑm(p)t/ adjective B2- Quick; acting without delay. · He was very prompt at getting a new job.· a prompt response
- On time; punctual. · Be prompt for your appointment.
- Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading.
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Some of his own holdings were imperilled, and the man was working like some high-geared, delicate, strong machine—strung to full tension, going at full speed, accurate, never hesitating, with the proper word and decision and act ready and prompt as clockwork.
Anne read the note, kissed the bookmark, and dispatched a prompt reply back to the other side of the school.
In his library he had been always sure of leisure and tranquillity; and though prepared, as he told Elizabeth, to meet with folly and conceit in every other room in the house, he was used to be free from them there: his civility, therefore, was most prompt in inviting Mr.
The Monkeys were as prompt as ever, and in a few moments the entire band stood before her.
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