Headlong
Headlong adverb - Without delay.
Usage example: had barely finished the last project when we went headlong into the next one
Immediately and headlong are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Immediately" instead an adverb "Headlong".
Immediately
Immediately adverb - Without delay.
Usage example: if we don't leave immediately, we'll be late for the concert
Headlong and immediately are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Headlong" instead an adverb "Immediately".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- fast and headlong
- fast and immediately
- directly and headlong
- directly and immediately
- quick and headlong
- quick and immediately
- quickly and headlong
- quickly and immediately
- speedily and headlong
- speedily and immediately
- swiftly and headlong
- swiftly and immediately
- hastily and headlong
- hastily and immediately
Both words in one sentence
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Beef Gate: Going immediately West of Scuttle Town in the beginning of the game will send you headlong into the game's naga enemies—who all have a ton of health, fairly quick movements, and a homing screech attack that can kill you dead even from a distance.
Source: Video Game / Shantae -
She immediately spirals headlong into full-blown drug experimentation and addiction.
Source: Literature / Go Ask Alice -
After the War in the North Campaign and the 7 year Time Skip in Claymore, the seven survivors out of 24 set out south to finally get their revenge and then run headlong into Riful of the West, one of the Big Bads almost immediately.
Source: Contrived Coincidence
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Immediately and Headlong. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/immediately
Headlong & Immediately. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/immediately>.
Immediately or Headlong. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/immediately.
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