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Definition of "incontinently" [in•con•ti•nent•ly]

  • In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint. (adverb)
  • Immediately; at once; forthwith. (adverb)

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Use "incontinently" in a sentence
  • "The yeomanry of the country -- those to whom, as we are annually told, the nation looks with confidence in all her perils -- packed up their carts and wagons, and "incontinently" departed for more peaceful regions!"
  • "Five minutes before, he did not even dream of taking charge of the expedition; but when she came to him with her wonderful smile and her straight clean English, and talked to the point, without pleading or persuading, he had incontinently yielded."
  • "McAllister was in such a rage that the prime minister incontinently fled, to return with the king himself."