Meaning & use
Emergently
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In a sudden, urgent manner requiring immediate action, especially in a medical context.
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The patient was taken emergently to the operating room after the accident.
Doctors had to act emergently when the infection began to spread.
A note on using this word
Common in medical settings, "emergently" contrasts with "electively," describing procedures done by necessity rather than by choice or schedule.
Words with a similar meaning
urgentlyimmediately
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Words with an opposite meaning
routinelyelectively
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