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INSTANTANEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring with no delay
Example:
instant gratification
Synonyms:
instant; instantaneous
Classified under:
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Derivation:
instant (a particular point in time)
instantaneousness (the quickness of action or occurrence)
Context examples:
All felt the instantaneous conviction.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A desperate dull life hers must be with the doctor, making a sly face as he spoke towards the chair of the latter, who proving, however, to be close at his elbow, made so instantaneous a change of expression and subject necessary, as Fanny, in spite of everything, could hardly help laughing at.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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