Both Uses of
forthwith
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- We even, occasionally, lingered in the first-floor hall— in the faraway hope that Mr. Brinker-Smith might open the door to his apartment, see Owen and me standing there, clearly with nothing educational to do, and therefore invite us forthwith into his apartment so that we could watch his wife nurse the twins.†
p. 158.5forthwith = immediately
- SOMETHING WE WERE WITHHOLDING MADE US WEAK UNTIL WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS OURSELVES WE WERE WITHHOLDING FROM OUR LAND OF LIVING, AND FORTHWITH FOUND SALVATION IN SURRENDER.†
p. 341.4 *
Definition:
immediately -- (most typically seen in legal documents, formal use, or classic literature)