then and there
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.86 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Right at that moment in time and on the spot; immediately.
Example Sentences
- "When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper."
- "'Well, I soon saw to that, I told him to bolt it then and there[.]'"