forthwith

1. (chiefly formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately.Examples: "Neyther euery thynge, whiche ony maner way is bredde or gendred of man: is forthwith a man (for els lyſe ſholde be called men) But that thynge, whiche is conceyued in the matrice or wombe of a woman, of the very ſubſtaunce of man: [...]"; "Let ther be Light, ſaid God, and forthwith Light, / Ethereal, firſt of things, quinteſſence pure, / Sprung from the Deep, [...]"; "Then Proclamation was made, that they that had ought to ſay for their Lord the King againſt the Priſoner at the Bar, ſhould forthwith appear and give in their evidence."Synonyms: forthwithal, anoon, ASAP, at once, by and by, directly, forthwith, forthwithalformalliterarynot-comparable