Immediately

adv.	1.	In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; - opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous. God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. - South.
	2.	Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once. And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. - Matt. viii. 3.
	3.	As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.

Adv.	1.	immediately - without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" Synonyms: forthwith, in real time, instantly, like a shot, at once, right away, straight off, straightaway, directly, now
	2.	immediately - near or close by; "he passed immediately behind her"
	3.	immediately - bearing an immediate relation; "this immediately concerns your future"

PDQ, amain, anon, apace, at once, away, by forced marches, closely, contiguously, cursorily, decisively, directly, expeditiously, feverishly, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist, hastily, helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, in a jiffy, in a second, in a wink, in no time, in passing, instantaneously, instanter, intimately, just now, just then, momentaneously, momentarily, momently, on the dot, on the instant, on the nail, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell, pretty damned quick, promptly, pronto, quickly, right away, right now, right off, slapdash, smartly, soon, speedily, straightaway, straightway, subito, summarily, superficially, swiftly, this instant, tout de suite, when, with a rush, with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with haste, without delay, without further delay, without hesitation

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