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instanter

[ in-stan-ter ]
/ ɪnˈstæn tər /
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adverb

immediately; at once.

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Origin of instanter

1680–90; <Latin: urgently, insistently, equivalent to instan(t-) instant + -ter adv. suffix

Words nearby instanter

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Words related to instanter

instantaneously, immediately, directly, right away, today, straight, away, dead, shortly, promptly, quickly, instantly, forthwith, urgently, soon, rapidly, now, straightaway, nowadays, due

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British Dictionary definitions for instanter

instanter
/ (ɪnˈstæntə) /

adverb

law without delay; (in connection with pleading) the same day or within 24 hours

Word Origin for instanter

C17: from Latin: urgently, from instans instant
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