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Instantly means immediately — at once, with no delay.
Instantly means immediately instantly的意思就是immediately（立刻） at once, with no delay馬上，沒有延遲
It is the ordinary adverb from instant, and students meet it early: come instantly, I knew instantly, the pain stopped instantly. It is at home in speech and in writing.
It is the ordinary adverb from instant它是從instant來的普通副詞 and students meet it early學生很早就會學到 come instantly, I knew instantly, the pain stopped instantly像come instantly、I knew instantly、the pain stopped instantly這些例子 It is at home in speech and in writing它在口語和書面語裡都很自然
Though actually, people stretch it. ‘I’ll be there instantly’ often means ‘very soon’, not ‘in zero seconds’, the same way 馬上 in talk is not always a .
Though actually不過其實 people stretch it大家會把它的意思拉鬆一點 'I'll be there instantly''I'll be there instantly'這句話 often means 'very soon'常常是指「很快」 not 'in zero seconds'而不是「零秒內」 the same way 馬上 in Taiwanese talk is not always a stopwatch就跟台灣人講的「馬上」不一定真的是在算秒一樣
Older English also used instantly as a conjunction meaning ‘as soon as’ (‘instantly he arrived, the noise stopped’), but that use is now rare and ; you can leave it on the shelf. Compared with , this is the one you actually say.
Older English also used instantly as a conjunction meaning 'as soon as'早期英文也會把instantly當連接詞用，意思是「一...就」 ('instantly he arrived, the noise stopped')（像instantly he arrived, the noise stopped這種句子） but that use is now rare and bookish但這種用法現在很少見，而且很書面 you can leave it on the shelf可以先擱著不用管 Compared with instantaneously跟instantaneously比起來 this is the one you actually say這個才是你真正會說出口的那個字
Very old texts can still use instantly to mean ‘’ (‘I pray you instantly’), but modern English has dropped that.
Very old texts can still use instantly to mean 'urgently'非常古老的文本裡instantly還可能是「急切地」的意思 ('I pray you instantly')（像I pray you instantly這種句子） but modern English has dropped that但現代英文已經不這樣用了
組成instant + -ly.
同家族的字
- instantthe adjective/noun this adverb is built from
- instantaneousthe stiffer adjective for ‘happening in a moment’
- instantaneouslythe long formal adverb
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
instantlyadv/ˈɪnstəntli/
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At once; without delay.
- When the neighbours' dog barked, ours instantly replied with a howl.
- Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
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archaicUrgently; with insistence.
- Sir, my lord would instantly speak with you.
- Theoxena although she were instantly urged thereunto, could never be induced to marry againe.
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obsoleteAt the same time.
- As if he mastred there a double spirit Of teaching, and of learning instantly
instantlyconj/ˈɪnstəntli/
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As soon as, directly.
- I phoned instantly I heard you were back.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。