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instanter

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

adverb

  1. immediately; at once.

instanter British  
/ ɪnˈstæntə /

adverb

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

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Etymology

Origin of instanter

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

Example Sentences

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Then he appealed to his father, who took him instanter to the District Attorney's office.

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The Church Missionary Society in London cabled Consul Martin at Foochow to pay the ranson instanter.

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Reserve Bank Governor Johannes Postmus told Premier Hertzog that something drastic must be done instanter.

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None doubted that Miss Louise Moore had drowned instanter.

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He was, in short, a favorite among our number instanter, and continues so.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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