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forthwith
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synonyms: on the nail, foothot, by and by, anon ???
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Definition:immediately; without delay
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Blackadder: They're traitors, sir. They must be arrested, brutally tortured and executed forthwith.
BBC. Blackadder, season 3: Sense and Senility
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In her turn, Helen Burns asked me to explain, and I proceeded forthwith to pour out, in my own way, the tale of my sufferings and resentments.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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Their ordinance had no sooner discharged vpon our near approch, & made some execution amongst vs, though not much, but the Lieftenant generall began foorthvvith to aduaunce both his voice of encouragement, and pace of marching, the first man that vvas slaine vvith the ordinance being verie neere vnto himselfe,
Walter Bigges. A Svmmarie and Trve Discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes VVest Indian Voyage (1589)
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the archangel forthwith opened all his seals and vials— devoting the ship and all hands to unconditional perdition, in case this intention was carried out.
Herman Melville. Moby Dick
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KING. I like him not, nor stands it safe with us To let his madness range. Therefore prepare you; I your commission will forthwith dispatch, And he to England shall along with you:
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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