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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening;
- Example: "he answered immediately"
- Example: "found an answer straightaway"
- Example: "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"
- Example: "Come here now!"
[syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

like a shot
    adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening;
           "he answered immediately"; "found an answer
           straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should
           be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn:
           immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight
           off, directly, now, right away, at once,
           forthwith, like a shot]