Synonyms for promptly
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1. promptly, quickly, quickadverb

   with little or no delay

   "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

   Synonyms:
   rapidly, pronto, chop-chop, speedily, cursorily, readily, right away, quickly, quick, apace

2. promptly, readily, prontoadverb

   in a punctual manner

   "he did his homework promptly"

   Synonyms:
   readily, pronto, quick, quickly, right away

3. promptly, right awayadverb

   at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)

   "he promptly forgot the address"

   Synonyms:
   at once, straightaway, pronto, now, like a shot, straight off, directly, immediately, right away, quickly, quick, instantly, readily, forthwith

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1. List of paraphrases for "promptly":

   quickly, rapidly, expeditiously, immediately, swiftly, speedily, rapid, timely, soon, fast, forthwith, quick, prompt, urgently, speedy, diligently, early, readily, immediate

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1. Jose Miguel Vivanco:

   We are deeply concerned by the images of instances of police brutality coming out of Chile, president Sebastian Pinera should make clear to Chilean security forces that they need to respect human rights and ensure that agents implicated in abuses are promptly and impartially investigated.

2. Anthony Bourdain:

   I mean, I never had the highest opinion of him in the first place, but I guess he’s the last person in this life I should look to for principles, david Burke went in and took over [ the space Jose Andres had originally occupied ], and promptly tried to poach David Burke staff, I hear. This was after Jose Andres reached out and said Everyone welcome Jose Andres to Washington, don’t hold it against Jose Andres, just because I decided to pull out. So Burke’s a steaming loaf of sh --, as far as I ’m concerned, and feel free to quote me.

3. Tigran Petrosian:

   Nigalidze would promptly reply to my moves and then literally run to the toilet, i noticed that he would always visit the same toilet partition, which was strange, since two other partitions weren’t occupied.

4. Shahidullah Azim:

   If this Islamic State issue persists for long it will not only hurt our businesses, it will destroy the country’s image, the government should act promptly to bring the perpetrators to justice and let the world know that Bangladesh is safe.

5. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   His expectation is that details won't be...whitewashed...so that if it's necessary to take steps to prevent something like this from ever happening again, that those reforms are implemented promptly and effectively.