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instantially en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɪnˈstænʃəli/

Etymology

From instantial + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In an instantial way, as: ▸ In instances rather than systemically.
    • Near-synonym: ad hoc
    • The grammar takes a long view; it carries its own history along with it, both systemically (in the evolving of the language) and instantially (in the unfolding of a text). 2005, M.A.K. Halliday, “Towards 'intelligent computing' (computing with meaning)”, in Jonathan J. Webster, editor, Computational and Quantitative Studies (Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday), volume 6, Continuum, →ISBN, page 224:
  2. (not-comparable) In an instantial way, as: ▸ Happening when instances arise, rather than being enqueued.
    • Have you tried using perform_now just for the sake of testing? It's equivalent to perform_later, but instead of enqueuing, it runs instantially. 2021 October 12, João Fernandes, “Rails test job and raise errors if any”, in Stack Overflow, retrieved 27 Apr 2023:

Antonyms

typically · systemically · categorically · generically · classically

Synonyms

ad hoc · ad hoc · on a case-by-case basis