having no intervening medium | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
very close or connected in space or time | at a rapid tempo |
performed with little or no delay | (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time |
of the present time and place | (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time |
immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect | unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause |
| securely fixed in place |
| hurried and brief |
| unrestrained by convention or morality |
| resistant to destruction or fading |
| (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds |