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Từ điển LongMan Dictionary
promptly
 prompt‧ly/ˈprɒmptli $ ˈprɑː-/ adverb
1. at the right time without being late SYN on time:
▪ She arrived promptly.
2. immediately:
▪ She turned off the alarm and promptly went back to sleep.
3. without delay:
▪ A reply came very promptly.
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 VERB
act
▪ He warned that the cost of not acting promptly would eventually be far greater in economic and environmental terms.
▪ It is noteworthy that the teachers in the Art department acted promptly upon most of the recommendations addressed to them.
▪ If you have missed the deadline you need to act promptly to minimise any further charges.
▪ Unless we act promptly, the number could be even higher.
▪ It is proper for the Government to act promptly, early in this Session, to deal with the problem.
announce
▪ President Clinton promptly announced a law to crack down on juvenile criminals and a new computer database to track gang activity.
▪ It was promptly announced to Harvard dealers that the rebel had been sacked from Sheppards.
pay
▪ If the tax was paid promptly, a discount was given.
▪ He is on the record that wages of the miners and other workers will henceforth be paid promptly.
▪ But if the independent jobber happened to be on the County Planning Commission, the bill was promptly paid in full.
▪ Many federal contracts, for example, impose penalties when the government does not pay promptly.
respond
▪ The Orientalia Division of the Library of Congress promptly responded to my queries.
▪ Technology made demands on science, which naturally and promptly responded.
▪ This source of prospects is an important one and the salesperson should respond promptly.
▪ Patients with severe renal insufficiency, or those not responding promptly to the above measures, should receive dialysis.
▪ Glucose metabolism and insulin secretion are disturbed; hypoglycemia is common and potentially lethal but usually responds promptly to dietary correction.
return
▪ Any material loaned will be handled carefully, copied and returned promptly.
▪ The terrorized novice promptly returned it, claiming that he was being haunted by apparitions for his act.
▪ Jean-Luc, working at home, grew alarmed when his wife and daughter did not return promptly.
sell
▪ Metromail promptly sold her the addresses of 5, 500 households with children, along with the names of their parents.
set
▪ Hargreaves and party promptly set about the most obvious vertical weakness.
▪ Upon arrival, he was welcomed to Hades and the host promptly set the temperature gauge at 110 degrees.
▪ The Board of Trade promptly set up an enquiry into the industry and its methods and techniques.
▪ Meanwhile, the sheep industry had developed rapidly, and these smaller animals were promptly set upon by both wolves and coyotes.
▪ And the players promptly set about taking over the asylum.
▪ The intrepid scientists promptly set out to test whether human beings do the same.
▪ She promptly set down her plate of lobster salad and set off in hot pursuit.
▪ His work done, Nation collected his fee and promptly set off in search of other work, as did any other jobbing writer.
take
▪ And often she'd touch down on my glove only to find something not quite right and promptly take off again.
▪ He promptly took it out of her hand, smeared it with honey and pushed it towards her mouth.
▪ The rebels promptly took them hostage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Any negative statements and accusations made should be promptly and forthrightly answered, preferably at the level on which they originate.
▪ Ask them if they had any problems and if they were fixed promptly and properly.
▪ But the letter, a social obligation too promptly performed, had lacked conviction.
▪ Hargreaves and party promptly set about the most obvious vertical weakness.
▪ He recovered promptly and has had no further problems 30 months after transplantation.
▪ President Clinton promptly announced a law to crack down on juvenile criminals and a new computer database to track gang activity.
▪ She repeated the Hebrew words I taught her, but promptly forgot them again.
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