| 释义 |
‖ instanter, adv.|ɪnˈstæntə(r)|
[L. adv., urgently, earnestly, in late L. presently, at once.]
Immediately, forthwith, at once. (Orig. and still techn. a law term, but now chiefly an emphatic substitute for instantly.)
1688Ellis Corr. (1829) I. 365 The information being read, the Bishop would have excused their pleading to it instanter. 1813Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary II. 195 Nothing is done, militarily or politically, that I am not told instanter. 1827Jarman Powell's Devises II. 217 It is therefore in effect a devise of the whole estate instanter to B. 1840Hood Kilmansegg, Death ii, How their souls would sadden instanter. 1883D. C. Murray Hearts I. 206 He was at your service instanter. |