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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

instance, instancy, instant, instantaneous, instant camera, instanter, instantiate, instantiation, instantize, instantly, instant message
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Words related to instanter

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

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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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