incontinently
Adverb
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Adverb
incontinently
- In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint.
- (archaic) Immediately; at once; forthwith.
- 1881: W. S. Gilbert, Patience, Act II
- On such eyes as maidens cherish
Let thy fond adorers gaze,
Or incontinently perish
In their all-consuming rays!
- On such eyes as maidens cherish
- 1891: Bram Stoker, The Judge's House
- The image which she had called up was too much for her nerves, and she fled incontinently.
- 1881: W. S. Gilbert, Patience, Act II
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