αμέσως

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See also: άμεσος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀμέσως (amésōs), from Ancient Greek ἄμεσος (ámesos).[1] By surface analysis, άμεσ(ος) (ámes(os)) +‎ -ως (-os).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈme.sos/
  • Hyphenation: α‧μέ‧σως

Adverb

αμέσως (amésos)

  1. immediately, at once, straight away
    Near-synonym: αμελλητί (amellití, promptly)
  2. (learnedly) Synonym of άμεσα (ámesa, directly, immediately) (without anything intervening; without intermediation)

Interjection

αμέσως! (amésos!)

  1. right away!

References

  1. ^ αμέσως, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language