prompt

prompt is an Adverb

Definition:

[1] Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons. Very discerning and prompt in giving orders. Clarendon. Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at`s feet. Shak. Any you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies. Dryden.

[2] Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance. When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt. Ames.

[3] Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.] The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. Sir H. Wotton.