Adverbial promptly has 3 senses
  1. promptly, quickly, quick - with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"
    Derived from adjective prompt3
  2. promptly, readily, pronto, without delay - in a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly"
    Derived from adjective prompt1
  3. promptly, right away - at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address"
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