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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Immediatly, adv. Also: -lie, -lé, -ately, -lie, immeidiatlie, imedeatlie, imeditly, -lie, inmeidiatlie, -medeatlie. [ME. in-, immediately (1420), im-, inmediatly (1412–20).]
1. a. Directly, without intermediary; by direct succession.1558 Acts II. 505/1.
Gife of hir or hiris mediatlie or immediatelie cumis bot female [sc. heir] 1562-3 Winȝet I. 15/9.
Giue ȝow … be callit immediatly be God, quhair ar ȝour maruellis wrocht be the Haly Spirit? 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 108/6.
Suppose that anima … is immediatlie creatid be God & infused from aboue
b. Directly beside, next.1491 Acta Conc. 190/2.
The mansioune of Blaksawling and four acris of lande immediately liand to the said mansioune
2. Preceding or following without interval, next or just (before or after); also, at once after.1481 Edinb. Chart. 146.
At siclike times and dais immediately enswevin [sic] efter the refusale of the said mariage 1551 Hamilton Cat. 46.
To tak gud tent to the wordis that ar writtin immediatly afore the text that we … reidis 1559 Wemyss Chart. 296.
The space of foure ȝeiris immediatle eftir the said combustioun a1578 Pitsc. I. 119/33.
Inmeidiatlie thay wald come to him … that all faultis sould be dischairgit bygeine c1650 Spalding I. 217.
We sall … dismiss our forces, and immediatlie thairefter deliver his majesteis castellis 1699 St. A. Baxter Bks. 59.
Before the week immediatly preceeding palmsunday and the week immediatly therafter
3. Without lapse of time; instantly, straightway.1570 Leslie 231.
That haill cuntrey wes clenged of the Inglismen immediatlie a1578 Pitsc. II. 10/25.
Bot immeidiatlie he gart thame returne and pas in Scotland 1659-60 Hay Diary 158.
[He saw] … a great ly[gh]t with them, which imeditlie disappeared c 1702 Honours Scotl. 113.
Upon which his mother did imeditly writ to him
