promptly
How many syllables in promptly?
There are 2 syllables in the word promptly.How to pronounce promptly:
Synonyms for promptly:
at once
away
bang
directly
forthwith
immediately
in no time
incontinently
instantaneously
instantly
now
off the bat
quick
quickly
right
right now
right off
shortly
soon
straightaway
straightway
suddenly
swiftly
Antonyms for promptly:
after hours
after office hours
at the last minute
at the tail end
at your leisure
behind schedule
behind time
behindhand
belatedly
delinquently
dilatorily
laggingly
late
lately
later
negligently
not for a while
overtime
past the usual closing time
past the usual finishing time
past the usual stopping time
slowly
tardily
unpunctually
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- ago
- portrayed
- brainy
- muddled
- locket
- mirthful
- conserve
- inquires
- enshroud
- forty
- reveled
- yielded
- escaped
- goffer
- heeded
- prodded
- cooed
- stary
- perchance
- prithee
- pilgrim
- lighthouse
- marker
- suitor
- adjoin
- furor
- snuggle
- neutral
- cater
- standing
- compose
- pluma
- composed
- impish
- arrange
- chided
- supplies
- ersatz
- enhance
- assume
- traveled
- neither
- peeking
- tooken
- onto
- distain
- feted
- toward
- untie
- transient
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