simultaneously

Definition

Occurring at the same time.

Etymology

From simultaneous + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "The cradle-rocking and the song would cease simultaneously for a moment, and an exclamation at highest vocal pitch would take the place of the melody."
• "Numa was about to charge—there was little time in which to compare various methods or weigh the probable results of any. And then a number of things happened, almost simultaneously—the lion sprang from his ambush toward the retreating black—Tarzan cried out in warning—and the black turned just in time to see Numa halted in mid-flight by a slender strand of grass rope, the noosed end of which had fallen cleanly about his neck."
• "The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance."

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