phrase

• Instantly; immediately.

  ‘he was thrown into the water, and on the instant the sea grew calm’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I'm careful about how I report things on the instant.’
  • ‘He was thrown into the water, and on the instant the sea grew calm.’
  • ‘But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan's great knife.’
  • ‘The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place.’
  • ‘She handed it to him on the instant and he drank without halt while the bowl seemed to keep itself replenished.’

  Synonyms

  immediately, instantly, at once, straight away, right away, instantaneously, suddenly, abruptly, all of a sudden, at a stroke, forthwith, then and there, there and then, here and now, that minute, this minute, that very minute, this very minute, that instant, this instant

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