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instly

instly is the abbreviation of instantly.

Meaning of instantly

Adverb

instantly (not comparable)

  1. At once; without delay.
    • When the neighbours' dog barked, ours instantly replied with a howl.
  2. (archaic) Urgently; with insistence.
    • Sir, my lord would instantly speak with you.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. (obsolete) At the same time.
    • As if he mastred there a double spirit
      Of teaching, and of learning instantlyc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Forms of instly

comparativemore instly
superlativemost instly

Questions about instly

What is instly the abbreviation of?
Instly is the abbreviation of instantly.

Words near instly in the dictionary

  1. institutors
  2. institutress
  3. institutresses
  4. institutrices
  5. institutrix
  6. instly
  7. instmt.
  8. instmts.
  9. insto
  10. instop
  11. instopped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instly (page history and authors); instantly (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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