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What does promptly mean?

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Adverb
  1. In prompt manner; both soon and quickly.
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I reached his ramshackle lean-to, promptly leaned against my usual beam and opened the folded papers.
When he got in the house he promptly lifted his leg and sprayed the furniture.
But the king-maker promptly rebuked him, saying that he didn't want his wife to lose her job.
If an animal that is possibly infected with rabies bites you, you must be treated promptly.
When he went against the king's orders and refused to slay a band of barbarian captives, he was promptly put under arrest.
My mom was reading a romance novel in the kitchen when I arrived home, promptly air-kissed me and asked how my work was.

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