PROMPTLY


Meaning of PROMPTLY in English

1.

If you do something ~, you do it immediately.

Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and ~ fell asleep.

= immediately

ADV: ADV with v

2.

If you do something ~ at a particular time, you do it at exactly that time.

Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel.

ADV: ADV with v, ADV at/on n

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