What does the word instantly mean?

Usage examples for instantly

  1. I believe it was the man himself, who made the law; for, as in all other emergincies of life, I follered Duty, and asked him " to change the law instantly." – Sweet Cicely Or Josiah Allen as a Politician by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  2. I was instantly all attention. – The Paternoster Ruby by Charles Edmonds Walk
  3. One of them was instantly shot down. – Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour by Francis Parkman