presently

«presently» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: at once, immediately — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

at once, immediately

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

At once; straight away; right then. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it means soon or in a short time; the old sense is "at once", and the sentences use this older sense.

examples

• Presently he heard steps coming upstairs. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
• Presently his brothers came that way. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• Presently in rushes the irritated bridegroom. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →

primary record

presently

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 448 (Torah 0, tales 448, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 2; ratio 10.1 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• A fool's vexation is presently known; but a prudent man concealeth shame.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «presently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.