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adverb Informal.
promptly; quickly.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; < Spanish (adj. and adv.) quick, quickly < Latin promptus prompt (adj.)
1840–50, Americanism; < Spanish (adj. and adv.) quick, quickly < Latin promptus prompt (adj.)
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pronto
1850, from Sp. pronto, perhaps infl. by It. pronto (borrowed by Eng. 1740), both from L. promptus (see prompt).
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