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simultaneously

Adverb CEFR C2 Standard
ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli

Definitions

Occurring at the same time.

not-comparable

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Examples

“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.”
“Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call⟳ it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play⟳ consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate⟳ big free trade⟳ and investment agreements.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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