forthwith

Meaning

Without delay; immediately.

Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɔːθˈwɪð/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English forth-with (“at once, immediately; at the same time, already; straight ahead”) [and other forms], partly from the phrase forth with (something), and partly from forth-with-al, furth-with-al (“at once, immediately; together with”) (whence forthwithal).

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