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instantaneous
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
instantaneous
(adjective)
instantaneous
/ˌɪnstən
ˈ
teɪnijəs/
adjective
instantaneous
/ˌɪnstən
ˈ
teɪnijəs/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of INSTANTANEOUS
:
happening very quickly
:
happening in an instant
We got an almost
instantaneous
response from the company.
Their deaths were
instantaneous
.
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— instantaneously
adverb
They died
instantaneously
.
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