Mathematicians are like some Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something entirely different.
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Forthwith
/fɔːθˈwɪð/
Synonyms for "forthwith" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Adverb(4 words)
Strong matches (19)
at one swoopat one timeawaydecisivelydirectlyexpeditiouslyflatimmediatelyin a hurryin no timeinstantaneouslyinstanterinstantlynowon the instanton the spot
Related words (33)
pdqper saltumpretty damned quickpromptlyprontoquicklyrightright awayright nowright offshortsimultaneouslysmartlysoonspeedilystraightstraightawaystraightwaysubitosudden
Adverb(2 words)
straight offstraightaway
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesadverbtemporal adverb
More specific
2 entriesat onceright away
Collocations
6 entriesact forthwithdeliver forthwithreport forthwithrequire forthwithrespond forthwithreturn forthwith
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
As soon as the argument ended, I left the office forthwith.
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Therewith the royal sceptre, which of yore / Ilione, Priam's eldest daughter, bore; / her shining necklace, strung with costly beads, / and diadem, rimmed with gold and studded o'er / with sparkling gems. Thus charged, Achates heeds, / and towards the ships forthwith in eager haste proceeds.
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Awed by the vision and the voice divine / ('twas no mere dream; their very looks I knew, / I saw the fillets round their temples twine, / and clammy sweat did all my limbs bedew) / forthwith, upstarting, from the couch I flew, / and hands and voice together raised in prayer, / and wine unmixt upon the altars threw. / This done, to old Anchises I repair, / pleased with the rites fulfilled, and all the tale declare.
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