|
soon
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...minute, in the near future, in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye; inf. before you know it, before you can say Jack Robinson, pronto, in two shakes of a lamb's tale. 2. How soon can you get here? synonyms : quickly, promptly, speedily...
|
|
|
little
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...spot, sprinkling, speck, modicum, grain, fragment, snippet, smidgen; inf. smidge. 2. he'll go in a little synonyms : short time, little while, minute, moment, second, bit, before you can say Jack Robinson.
|
|
|
shortly
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...a short while, in a little while, presently, before long, directly; inf. before you know it, before you can say Jack Robinson. 2. he replied shortly synonyms : curtly, sharply, abruptly, bluntly, brusquely, tersely, gruffly, testily...
|
|
|
rapidly
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...speedily, at speed, hurriedly, in a hurry, hastily, in haste, in a rush, expeditiously, briskly, promptly, precipitately, at full tilt; inf. before one can say Jack Robinson, like a bat out of hell, like greased lightning.
|
|
example
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...deterrent, admonition; moral. phrase: for example she's met several Hall of Famers—for example, Brooks Robinson and Johnny Mize synonyms : for instance, e.g., by way of illustration, such as, as, like; in particular, case in...
|
|
|
presently
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...presently synonyms : soon, shortly, in a short time, in a short while, momentarily, directly, in a moment, in a minute, before long, before you can say Jack Robinson; inf. in a jiff/jiffy, in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
|
|
|
once
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...now, this moment, now, straight away, instantly, directly, forthwith, without delay; inf. before you can say Jack Robinson. 2. they both arrived at once synonyms : at the same time, at one and the same time, at the same instant/moment...
|
|
|
instantaneously
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...immediately, at once, now, instantly, forthwith, then and there, quick as lightning, in a trice, in less than no time, in a fraction of a second, in the twinkling of an eye, before you can say Jack Robinson; inf. in a jiffy.
|
|
|
immediately
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...without delay, without hesitation, unhesitatingly, post-haste, tout de suite ; inf. before you can/could say Jack Robinson, in the wink/twinkling of an eye, lickety-split, pronto. 2. he was immediately behind us synonyms : right...
|
