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# promptly

«promptly» in Mova's school dictionary: **quickly, without waiting** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (promptly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Promptly means quickly, without waiting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#m1)

2) Promptly means exactly on time: "at 9 o'clock promptly". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#m2)

3) Promptly can mean right after something else, often with a funny result: "He sat down and promptly fell asleep." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school notices and formal letters: "Please arrive promptly". In stories it shows something happening at once. In maths, time problems may say "starts promptly at" a time. Phrases: promptly at, reply promptly.

### examples

- Please reply promptly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x1)
- The bus leaves promptly at 8:15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x2)
- She answered the question promptly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x3)
- He lay down and promptly fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x4)
- Firefighters arrived promptly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x5)
- Pay your bill promptly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x6)
- The lesson begins promptly, so don't be late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x7)
- The baby saw the cake and promptly put her hand in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x8)
- But the Woodman promptly chopped off the branch and set the little dog free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promptly/#x9)

### note

Prompt + ly. Adjective: prompt (quick, on time). Similar: quickly, punctually, at once.

### Trees and pragmatics

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