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forthwith

Syllables: forth·withUK/fɔːθˈwɪð//fɔɹθˈwɪθ/

forthwith adverb: without delay; immediately.

Adverb

forthwith (not comparable)

  1. (formal, literary) Without delay; immediately.
    • Neyther euery thynge, whiche ony maner way is bredde or gendred of man: is forthwith a man (for els lyſe ſholde be called men) But that thynge, whiche is conceyued in the matrice or wombe of a woman, of the very ſubſtaunce of man: [...]1533, Erasmus of Roterdame, “The Thyrde Instruction”, in William Marshall, transl., A Playne and Godly Exposytion or Declaration of the Commune Crede (which in the Latin Tonge is Called Symbolum...
    • Let ther be Light, ſaid God, and forthwith Light, / Ethereal, firſt of things, quinteſſence pure, / Sprung from the Deep, [...]1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

forthwith meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

forthwith in Hindi

forthwith, straight away
ताबड़तोड़ tābaṛtoṛ

forthwith in Tamil

உடனடியாக

forthwith in Urdu

بمجرد, فوراً

forthwith in Malayalam

instantly, immediately, at once
ഉടനടി, ഉടനേ, അചിരേണ, തൽക്ഷണം, ആശു, ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത സന്ദർഭത്തിൽ
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forthwith in Kannada
ಕೂಡಲೇ, ತತ್‌ಕ್ಷಣ, ಕಾಲಹರಣ ಮಾಡದೆ
forthwith in Tagalog
agad-agad, kaagad, kagyat

Examples of forthwith in a sentence

  • Then Proclamation was made, that they that had ought to ſay for their Lord the King againſt the Priſoner at the Bar, ſhould forthwith appear and give in their evidence.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page...
  • So he decreed, in words succinct, / That all who flirted, leered or winked, / (Unless connubially linked), / Should forthwith be beheaded.1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, “Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man”, in […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu...
  • One shell, and they would have sent her to the bottom forthwith with the Heat-Ray.1898, H.G. Wells, “The "Thunder Child."”, in The War of the Worlds, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, retrieved 24 Nov 2022, page 175:
  • We forthwith applied for permission to enlist in the RAF.2010, Martin W. Bowman, “Dam Buster – Dudley Heal”, in Bombs Away!: Dramatic First-hand Accounts of British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew...

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Synonyms of forthwith

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Origin of forthwith

From Middle English forth-with (“at once, immediately; at the same time, already; straight ahead”) [and other forms], partly from the phrase forth with (something), and partly from forth-with-al, furth-with-al (“at once, immediately; together with”) (whence forthwithal).

Words that rhyme with forthwith

Questions about forthwith

What does forthwith mean?
Forthwith means without delay; immediately.
What is forthwith in Hindi?
Forthwith in Hindi is ताबड़तोड़ (tābaṛtoṛ). See Forthwith meaning in Hindi.
How do you use forthwith in a sentence?
Then Proclamation was made, that they that had ought to ſay for their Lord the King againſt the Priſoner at the Bar, ſhould forthwith appear and give in their evidence.
What part of speech is forthwith?
Forthwith is an adverb.
How do you pronounce forthwith?
Forthwith is pronounced /fɔːθˈwɪð/ (UK).

Words near forthwith in the dictionary

  1. forthward
  2. forthwax
  3. forthwaxed
  4. forthwaxes
  5. forthwaxing
  6. forthwith
  7. forthwithal
  8. forthy
  9. forthyete
  10. Forti
  11. Fortier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forthwith (page history and authors); ताबड़तोड़ (Hindi) (page history and authors); forthwith (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forthwith (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forthwith (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); forthwith (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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