He suffered a brain injury and would have died instantly or within an hour.
The Sun (2017)
This can look exactly like a stroke but is cured almost instantly by an urgent dose of glucose.
The Sun (2016)
One American died instantly and the other two died in hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And, of course, the style is instantly recognisable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This "absurdly simple contrivance" almost instantly transformed southern agriculture.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
The songs are enjoyable in the moment but instantly forgettable.
The Sun (2013)
Familiar in the sense that his features were instantly recognisable.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The victim is said to have died instantly.
The Sun (2014)
The rest was instantly forgettable apart from one odd episode in the first half.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The biker got up almost instantly and seemed unharmed.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVELY FEARLESS: Breaking free of the fears that hold you back (2001)
The shrapnel pierced his heart and lungs and he died almost instantly.
The Sun (2008)
That was the sum of it in an instantly forgettable first half.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The pilot and nose gunner were killed instantly.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Almost all the addresses are instantly forgettable.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The bodies of people killed instantly showed no signs of stress.
Wallace, Louise M & Bundy, Christine Coping with Angina (1990)
This is carried out almost instantly.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Almost instantly the roadblocks were removed.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Women know instantly when you're looking.
The Sun (2014)
She wants to do the right thing, but doesn't always instantly know what that is.
Christianity Today (2000)
While some are instantly recognisable for what they are, others could seem unwelcome, if not a disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Both have brought new ideas to the game and become household names in their adopted country, not least thanks to instantly recognisable voices rarely off the airwaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Synonyms of 'instantly'
immediately, at once, straight away, now
More Synonyms of instantly
In other languages
instantly
British English: instantly /ˈɪnstəntlɪ/ ADVERB
If something happens instantly, it happens immediately.
She instantly recognised him.
American English: instantly
Arabic: سَرِيعَاً
Brazilian Portuguese: imediatamente
Chinese: 立即地
Croatian: odmah
Czech: okamžitě
Danish: øjeblikkeligt
Dutch: onmiddellijk
European Spanish: al instante
Finnish: välittömästi
French: instantanément
German: augenblicklich
Greek: αμέσως
Italian: immediatamente
Japanese: 即座に
Korean: 즉시
Norwegian: umiddelbart
Polish: nagle
European Portuguese: imediatamente
Romanian: instant
Russian: мгновенно
Latin American Spanish: al instante
Swedish: omedelbart
Thai: อย่างทันทีทันใด
Turkish: anında
Ukrainian: негайно
Vietnamese: lập tức
Chinese translation of 'instantly'
instantly
(ˈɪnstəntlɪ)
adv
(with verb) 立即 (lìjí)
(with adjective) 即刻 (jíkè)
(adverb)
Definition
immediately
Allergic reactions can be treated instantly with antihistamines.
Synonyms
immediately
She answered his message immediately.
at once
I must go at once.
straight away
now
Please tell him I need to talk to him now.
directly
Directly after the meeting, an official appealed on television.
on the spot
He went to see the producer and they offered him the job on the spot.
right away
I want to see you right away.
there and then
without delay
instantaneously
Airbags inflate instantaneously on impact.
forthwith
I could have you arrested forthwith!
this minute
I need to speak to her this minute.
pronto (informal)
posthaste
The pilot decided to return to Farnborough post haste.
instanter (law)
tout de suite (French)
right now
Additional synonyms
in the sense of at once
Definition
immediately
I must go at once.
Synonyms
immediately,
now,
right now,
straight away,
directly,
promptly,
instantly,
right away,
without delay,
without hesitation,
forthwith,
this (very) minute,
pronto (informal),
this instant,
straightway (archaic),
posthaste,
tout de suite
in the sense of directly
Definition
immediately or very soon
Directly after the meeting, an official appealed on television.