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Immediately :: Immediately (adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.

Straightways :: Straightway (adv.) Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.

Temporize :: Temporize (v. t.) To delay; to procrastinate.

Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.

Delays :: Delays (pl. ) of Dela.

Delay :: Delay (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow..

Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay..

Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

Thereupon :: Thereupon (adv.) Immediately; at once; without delay.

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..

Ready :: Ready (adv.) In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.

Present :: Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.

Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.

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