Meaning & use
Instanter
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Immediately; without delay (used chiefly in legal or formal contexts).
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The judge ordered the documents to be produced instanter.
The court demanded the witness appear instanter, with no further postponements.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from Latin, 'instanter' survives mainly in legal English, where it lends formal urgency to court orders.
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