D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Immediately

/ĭmˌ-ēd'-ēˌ-ət-lē/ · Im·me·di·ate·ly · IPA /ɪˈmi.di.ɪt.li/
01 adv. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately …
  1. 1.
    In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.
    “God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop.” South.
  2. 2.
    Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.
    “And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” — Matt. viii. 3.
  3. 3.
    As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note. See: Directly