Headlong and Now

Headlong

Headlong adverb - Without delay.
Usage example: had barely finished the last project when we went headlong into the next one

Now and headlong are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Now" instead an adverb "Headlong".

Now

Now adverb - Without delay.
Usage example: come here right now

Headlong and now are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Headlong" instead an adverb "Now".

Both words in one sentence

  • Intrepid Reporter At no point in his long career was (now-retired) war correspondent Joe Galloway ever shy about rushing headlong into danger for the sake of a story.
  • Synopsis: Nino accidentally runs headlong into the biggest most stressful secret he can imagine, but now that he knows the truth about Marinette he is determined to help her in any way he can.
  • Face Death with Dignity: Mortimer.Mortimer: Base Fortune, now I see, that in thy wheel There is a point, to which when men aspire, They tumble headlong down: that point I touch’d, And, seeing there was no place to mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall?
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Now and Headlong. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/now
Headlong & Now. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/now>.
Now or Headlong. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/now.
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