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Webster 1913 Edition
Forthwith
Forthˊwith′
(? or ?; see With)
, adv.
1.
Immediately; without delay; directly.
Immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight
forthwith
. Acts ix. 18.
2.
(Law)
As soon as the thing required may be done by reasonable exertion confined to that object.
Bouvier.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forthwith
FORTHWITH'
,adv.
Definition 2024
forthwith
forthwith
English
Adverb
forthwith (not comparable)
- immediately; without delay
- 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
- So he decreed, in words succinct,
That all who flirted, leered or winked
(Unless connubially linked),
Should forthwith be beheaded.
- So he decreed, in words succinct,
- 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
Synonyms
- (without delay): immediately, straightaway
Translations
immediately
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