Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #1047 of 1319

prompt (adj.)

quick

Examples

  • A prompt reply.

Key rules

  • Prompt means quick and on time
  • A prompt reply, prompt action
  • Promptly is the adverb

Common mistakes

  • I replied prompt → I replied promptly
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