immediacy, immediateness
(noun) lack of an intervening or mediating agency; “the immediacy of television coverage”
immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy
(noun) the quickness of action or occurrence; “the immediacy of their response”; “the instancy of modern communication”
immediacy, immediate apprehension
(noun) immediate intuitive awareness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
immediacy (countable and uncountable, plural immediacies)
The quality of being immediate, of happening right away.
Lack of mediation; directness.
(philosophy) Immediate awareness or apprehension.
• (the quality of being immediate): See instantaneity
• (lack of mediation): plainness, unambiguousness
Source: Wiktionary
Im*me"di*a*cy, n.
Definition: The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
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