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INSTANTANEOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring with no delay

Example:

instant gratification

Synonyms:

instant; instantaneous

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

Credits

 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)