(adv.) In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.
(adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.
(adv.) As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bronchial challenge caused an immediate asthmatic response.
(2) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
(3) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
(4) However, the presence of these two molecules was restored if testosterone was supplemented immediately after orchiectomy.
(5) Immediate postexercise two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated exercise-induced changes in 8 (47%) patients (2 with normal and 6 with abnormal results from rest studies).
(6) Determination of plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) levels in the peripubertal female rats revealed that plasma LH was increased transiently immediately after NPY administration.
(7) 2.39pm BST The European Union called for a "thorough and immediate" investigation of the alleged chemical attack.
(8) I would immediately look askance at anyone who lacks the last and possesses the first.
(9) The results indicated that smoke, as opposed to sham puffs, significantly reduced reports of cigarette craving, and local anesthesia significantly blocked this immediate reduction in craving produced by smoke inhalation.
(10) Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed.
(11) The treatment was started either immediately or delayed for 48 h after peritoneal inoculation.
(12) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
(13) United believe it is more likely the right-back can be bought in the summer but are exploring what would represent the considerable coup of acquiring the 26-year-old immediately.
(14) GnRH infusion produced an immediate increase in plasma LH concentrations in the mares that ovulated during the infusion period and LH levels peaked at the time of ovulation.
(15) Release of nsP4 from P1234 appears to be independent of the other cleavages and occurs primarily immediately after translation.
(16) If Cory Bernardi wasn’t currently in a period of radio silence as he contemplates his immediate political future he’d be all over this too, mining the Trumpocalypse – or in our domestic context, mining the fertile political fault line where Coalition support intersects with One Nation support.
(17) Benzaldehyde's in cherries and cherrystones and amaretto, so it's immediately a base to pair things with."
(18) Since iron from fortified formulas is well absorbed during the first three months of life, even if it is not immediately used for hemoglobin formation, an inccrease in the iron stores will occur...
(19) The 14-fold increase in prolonged apnea frequency immediately following regurgitation supports the hypothesis for a causal relationship between apnea and regurgitation.
(20) Blood samples were collected from an antecubital vein at sea level (S1), in a base camp at 1515 m prior to the summit ascent (S2), on the summit at 3285 m after 6.5 hours of climbing (S3), at base camp immediately after the descent (S4), and at sea level following a trail descent from the base camp (S5).
Straightaway
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) There is going to be an urgent government inquiry with recommendations and, frankly the ABC ought to take some very strong action straightaway.” When asked whose heads should roll, Abbott ended the press conference and walked away.
(2) Both the receptionist and her doctor recognised the danger she and her baby were in, calling paramedics straightaway.
(3) The aim of this study is to argue in favour of a systematic intracavernous injection of 8 mg of papaverine when the penial Doppler is carried out, enabling an increase in its diagnostic value and often a therapeutic orientation straightaway.
(4) Emotional reactivity was measured using the pole, straightaway and open field tests.
(5) They would ask themselves straightaway, why should we ... push through tough measures that might lead to the government being voted out if our debts can be written off?"
(6) Horses were filmed with rider by two cameras simultaneously while galloping along a straightaway.
(7) As far as papillomas and angiomas are concerned, they require emergency treatment, either straightaway or after a trial of medical treatment.
(8) My dad literally woke me up to say goodbye because he had to leave straightaway.” She remembers being escorted to the airport by Tunisian security services.
(9) She approached the Ikon which came on board straightaway, and then, by happy chance, the site in front of the library became available.
(10) Di María did not look like the world-class player we have seen either, but you cannot expect that straightaway.
(11) Tigers 2 - A's 0, top of the 4th And THERE Miguel Cabrera has found his power stroke, he hits a home run on an elevated Gray fastball to straightaway leftfield for his first extra-base hit of the series!
(12) We are submitting new claims straightaway citing Regulations 5 & 8.
(13) He is a great persuader, and is straightaway telling me in his generous, conspiratorial manner about how he felt when the British Council called a year ago to invite him to represent Britain in the closest the art world comes to the Olympics.
(14) "Look, if you were good at it straightaway you'd make us look bad!"
(15) If she had married, would she have had children straightaway and put her career on hold?
(16) The authors suggest resection and arthrodesis straightaway in dislocations.
(17) "Twitter will use its rich stock to buy companies straightaway, adding to its revenues and further justifying its high valuation," he said.
(18) A lot of the rest of his life was chaotic, but when it came to music, he could tell straightaway if someone had taken something and put it back in the wrong place."
(19) At the very least you may need to put in an early offer of the asking price and cross your fingers that the sellers accept it straightaway, and that a cash buyer doesn't make a similar offer.
(20) The model is applied to acylation, but can straightaway be extended to deacylation, and is substantiated by recent structural and kinetic data for proteinase enzyme catalysis.