adverb. Without delay.

adverb. Without an intermediary; directly.

conjunction. As soon as; directly.

In an immediate manner; without the intervention of anything; proximately; directly.

Without lapse of time; without delay; instantly.

Synonyms Instantaneously, promptly, forthwith, straightway.

adverb. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately.

adverb. Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.

adverb. As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.

adverb. In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

conjunction. Indicates that the dependent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the independent clause's referent does.

adverb. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

adverb. near or close by

adverb. bearing an immediate relation

"Of course Obama could not have pre-mobilized before the spill had he done so immediately no engineer on the planet believed what BP was saying, plus there *should* have at least been an inspector *immediately* dispatched to verify, but they should have had resources going out withing 14 days."

PDQ  after  amain  anon  apace  

directly