Forthwith

Quick meaning: Forthwith is an adverb meaning (chiefly formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately.

Meaning

(chiefly formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately.

Example Sentences

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

So he decreed, in words succinct, / That all who flirted, leered or winked, / (Unless connubially linked), / Should forthwith be beheaded.

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.

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: [...]

Synonyms for forthwith

Depending on context, synonyms include forthwithal, anoon, ASAP, directly, incontinently, instanter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include immediately, instantly, now, directly, straightaway, promptly.

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