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Webster 1913 Edition
Incontinently
In-con′ti-nent-ly
,adv.
1.
In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; – used esp. of the passions or appetites.
2.
Immediately; at once; forthwith.
[Archaic]
Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would
incontinently
come hither with a host of men. Golding.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incontinently
INCON'TINENTLY
,adv.
1.
Immediately.Definition 2024
incontinently
incontinently
English
Adverb
incontinently (comparative more incontinently, superlative most incontinently)
- In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint.
- (archaic) Immediately; at once; forthwith.
- 1881: W. S. Gilbert, Patience, Act II
- On such eyes as maidens cherish
Let thy fond adorers gaze,
Or incontinently perish
In their all-consuming rays!
- On such eyes as maidens cherish
- 1891: Bram Stoker, The Judge's House
- The image which she had called up was too much for her nerves, and she fled incontinently.
- 1881: W. S. Gilbert, Patience, Act II
References
- incontinently in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913