| 释义 |
promptly, adv.|ˈprɒm(p)tlɪ|
[f. prompt a. + -ly2.]
In a prompt manner; readily, quickly; directly, at once, without a moment's delay.
1490Caxton Eneydos xxvii. 103 Telle her that she brynge wyth her promptely the shepe & other bestes. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VII 30 b, He..coulde tell all that was taught him promptly without any difficultie. 1632Lithgow Trav. vi. 244 A stranger that vnderstandeth not promptly the Italian tongue. 1817Lady Morgan France ii. (1818) I. 247 To give stimulus to the promptly-exhausted attention of fasionable inanity. 1884Manch. Exam. 15 May 5/4 A House was made to-day promptly at a quarter-past 12 o'clock. |