Synonyms for
Forthwith
Definition
immediately; without delay
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- The teacher asked the student to come to her desk forthwith.
- He promised to pay the bill forthwith.
- The company will take action forthwith to fix the problem.
- The police ordered the suspect to stop the car forthwith.
- The game was cancelled forthwith due to bad weather.
Quotes
The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things: of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings. With that, he sank forthwith in the sea.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. - Jack London, American novelist and journalist, who died at the age of 40 forthwith after a night of drinking and morphine abuse.
It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. - George Washington, first President of the United States, in his Farewell Address to Congress, September 17, 1796