Lately
Promptly
Promptly adverb - Without delay.
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Synonyms for Promptly
Lately and promptly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lately" instead an adverb "Promptly".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Lately, Kathryn's bus being stolen and promptly destroyed by the Toughs.
Source: Running Gag / Web Comics -
Reduced to Ratburgers: One midshipman in Happy Return appreciates the invitation to Hornblower's table because the ratmongers of the lower decks have been pricegouging lately, and is promptly mortified to have made such a remark to his captain.
Source: Literature / Horatio Hornblower
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Promptly and Lately. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lately/promptly
Lately & Promptly. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lately/promptly>.
Promptly or Lately. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lately/promptly.
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