incontinently

English

Etymology

incontinent +‎ -ly

Adverb

incontinently (comparative more incontinently, superlative most incontinently)

In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint.
(archaic) Immediately; at once; forthwith.
- 1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience, act II:
  On such eyes as maidens cherish
  Let thy fond adorers gaze,
  Or incontinently perish
  In their all-consuming rays!
- 1891, Bram Stoker, The Judge's House:
  The image which she had called up was too much for her nerves, and she fled incontinently.

References

“incontinently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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