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emergently

emergently

7.0
In a way that needs immediate action because of a sudden danger
  • adverb
  • /ɪˈmɜrdʒəntli/
translation icon : de manera urgente
  • The team responded emergently to the natural disaster to provide immediate aid to those affected.

Examples

  • The patient was taken to the operating room emergently, and nasal endoscopy was performed.

    Academic text (1995)
  • This case report describes a three-year-old child with a several-month history of an enlarging neck mass, who was emergently admitted due to airway obstruction.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Six months later, the patient was admitted emergently to the hospital with severe head and facial pain.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Providers, respiratory therapy, and IV service are examples of team members who would be emergently paged.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In the middle of the night, she received an emergently needed call from her doctor about her test results.

  • During the lecture, the professor emphasized that we must act emergently to combat climate change.

Synonyms

urgently
vsemergently
51 2.1

In a way that needs attention right away

is used when a sudden crisis needs immediate action

Antonyms

1 1.3

Slower than usual in development or learning

Not needing immediate attention or action

How Urgent

immediately
1.0
urgently
51 2.1
emergently
7.0
promptly
98 2.1
soon
1.0
later
1.0

Surface Forms

emergently positive

Morphology

emergently = emergent (semi-transparent) = emerge + nt + ly

Formed from 'emergent' + '-ly', but the sense 'requiring immediate action/urgent' is a pragmatic extension of 'emergent' and not strictly predictable from 'emerge' for all learners.

Etymology

Emergently comes from the Latin emergere 'to rise out' and the common verb emerge, 'to come out' suddenly. So when something is done emergently in a medical or danger situation, it means you must act at once because the problem has just appeared and needs fast action.