forthwith
forth·with
adverb
1.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- “he answered immediately”
- “found an answer straightaway”
- “an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith”
- “Come here now!”
Origin
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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