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# presently

«presently» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **at once, immediately** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

at once, immediately

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

At once; straight away; right then. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/presently/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it means soon or in a short time; the old sense is "at once", and the sentences use this older sense.

### examples

- Presently he heard steps coming upstairs. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/presently/#x1)
- Presently his brothers came that way. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/presently/#x2)
- Presently in rushes the irritated bridegroom. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/presently/#x3)

### primary record

presently

### tests

manual 10.3; corpora 448 (Torah 0, tales 448, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 2; ratio 10.1 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [A fool's vexation is presently known; but a prudent man concealeth shame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.337/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «presently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/presently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.