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instantaneous
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Augie & Me: Three Wonder Stories
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- Almost instantaneously, tears rolled down Grandmere's cheeks.†
p. 81.4instantaneously = immediately (happening with no delay)
- It just exploded into an instantaneous universe of knowing looks and giggles and clothes and secrets.†
p. 215.7 *instantaneous = immediate (happening with no delay)
Definitions:
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(instantaneous) immediate (happening instantly with no delay)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In physics, instantaneous can mean at a specific instant (an unmeasurably short time period) -- such as "instantaneous velocity".