quickly
She came promptly on the dot of eleven.11点整她准时赶了过来。
The senator's weekend utterances were promptly rebutted by three of his colleagues on Monday.
The emergency services arrived promptly at the scene.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hurrying and doing things quickly
accelerate
acceleration
against the clockidiom
against time/the clockidiom
alacrity
dash
get a wiggle onidiom
grab-and-go
grease
hacky
haste
prompt
promptness
quickie
rattle something off
rattle through something
rush into something
snap
stroke
tear

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promptly | Business English

promptly
adverb
uk /ˈprɒmptli/us
quickly, without delay, or at the arranged time:
start/finish promptlyThe meeting will start promptly at 9am.
The train left promptly at 8:06.

Examples of promptly

promptly
It reacted just as promptly as its former enemies to the need to re-evaluate its doctrine in the light of the battles of 1914-18.
This word "hospice" went in our ears and promptly exited.
Potentially embarrassing examples of directionality, arguably fundamental to any consideration of hominid evolution, are promptly dismissed.
The head jobbers now 'promptly attempted to engage fresh hands'.
Support from the scheme organizer was considered excellent in so far as he dealt with problems raised promptly.
We minimized disturbance to the animal by spending little time in sight, and moving away promptly if the animal showed sign of stress.
If at the visit an antibiotic is prescribed and promptly taken, the patient will naturally conclude (erroneously) that the antibiotic caused the improvement.
To achieve this, we ask our reviewers to acknowledge papers immediately and to provide reviews promptly, typically within a month.
For these traditional candidates leaving the contest promptly when trailing is a strategically sound move.
Rabbits were released promptly at the site of their capture, after checking that they were in a suitable condition.
Such a combination of circumstances would suggest that they might more promptly receive adequate treatment once psychosis occurs.
He would read them, make some comments, and give them back to me very promptly.
A smaller amount of capital would, if promptly mobilized towards an unexplored location or market, work effectively and produce a large amount of profit.
Employees were aware that a longer time spent trying to understand a directive would result in being scolded for not having fulfilled the directive promptly.
Initial results were delivered promptly, certainly more promptly than the entire result.
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