All 7 Uses of
forthwith
in
The Scarlet Letter
- With an easy condescension, and kind forbearance towards our stupidity—which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little short of crime—would he forthwith, by the merest touch of his finger, make the incomprehensible as clear as daylight.†
p. 22.9 *forthwith = immediately
- A lane was forthwith opened through the crowd of spectators.†
p. 40.6
- As he spoke, he laid his long fore-finger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot.†
p. 52.1
- But she comes at a good time, and we will look into this matter forthwith.†
p. 75.7
- On my life, Hester, I made my intreaty to the worshipful magistrate that it might be done forthwith.†
p. 113.7
- "I pray you," answered the minister, "if thou hast any means of pacifying the child, do it forthwith!†
p. 141.9
- Then flinging the already written pages of the Election Sermon into the fire, he forthwith began another, which he wrote with such an impulsive flow of thought and emotion, that he fancied himself inspired; and only wondered that Heaven should see fit to transmit the grand and solemn music of its oracles through so foul an organ pipe as he.†
p. 151.0
Definition:
immediately -- (most typically seen in legal documents, formal use, or classic literature)