Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1833, 1894-1914
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IMMEDANTLY, adv. Immediately. Also immedently (Bch. 1932 Abd. Univ. Rev. (March) 102), immidintly (‡ne.Sc. 1958).Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 228:
It needs but ae ee to see the necessity of something to be dune, an' that immedently.Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) vii.:
I saw immidintly that there was something i' the wind.Lth. 1914 C. P. Slater Marget Pow comes Home xvii.:
I showed Miss Celandine an advertizement about "Dry-clean your Dog." . . . she would try it on Granville Barker immedently.
