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forthwith

'fɒ:θ'wiθ4 senses · 359 ms
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adv/fɔːθˈwɪð//-ˈwɪθ//fɔɹθˈwɪθ/
  1. 1

    Without delay; immediately.formalliterarynot-comparable

    • 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: [...]
    • Let ther be Light, ſaid God, and forthwith Light, / Ethereal, firſt of things, quinteſſence pure, / Sprung from the Deep, [...]

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