All 5 Uses of
instantaneous
in
Mansfield Park
- Sir Thomas could not give so instantaneous and unqualified a consent.†
Chpt 1 *
- A desperate dull life hers must be with the doctor," making a sly face as he spoke towards the chair of the latter, who proving, however, to be close at his elbow, made so instantaneous a change of expression and subject necessary, as Fanny, in spite of everything, could hardly help laughing at.†
Chpt 12
- There were not fewer smiles at the Parsonage than at the Park on this change in Edmund; Miss Crawford looked very lovely in hers, and entered with such an instantaneous renewal of cheerfulness into the whole affair as could have but one effect on him.†
Chpt 17
- All felt the instantaneous conviction.†
Chpt 19
- Instead of being sent for out of the room, and seeing him first, and having to spread the happy news through the house, Sir Thomas, with a very reasonable dependence, perhaps, on the nerves of his wife and children, had sought no confidant but the butler, and had been following him almost instantaneously into the drawing-room.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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(instantaneous) immediate (happening instantly with no delay)