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adv. - Without delay or hesitation.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Then bade he the Chamberlain forthwith go out and cause the tables to be spread and order all the troops thereto.
  • A two-six is a forthwith from the chief's office, and any officer who knows and enjoys his position in the department will not delay.
  • I must obtain my recall forthwith, and lay my plans before the Admiralty.
  • I would call forthwith upon the General himself, and demand, in explicit terms, a solution of this abominable piece of mystery.
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