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Definition of In a flash
1. Adverb. Without any delay. "He was killed outright"
Definition of In a flash
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) Instantaneous, very quick, in a very short amount of time. ¹
2. Adverb. (idiomatic) Very quickly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In A Flash
Literary usage of In a flash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... seen in a flash of Lightning. This is another of those tragi-comic scenes,
tragic enough in effect, between Father and Son ; Son now about eighteen, ..."
2. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... the earth in a flash of lightning: she might have tainted the atmosphere with
her breath; the very glaring of her eyes might have scattered infection. ..."
3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"... seen in a flash of lightning. This is another of those tragi-comic scenes,
tragic enough in effect, between Father and Son; Son now about eighteen,—fit ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Now the capacity discharged in a flash is small. He said it was small for this
reason, that the quantity of electricity discharged is not great. ..."
5. Works by Thomas Carlyle (1894)
"... seen in a Flash of Lightning. This is another of those tragi-comic scenes,
tragic enough in effect, between Father and Son; Son now about eighteen,—fit ..."
6. Retrospections of the Stage by John Bernard (1832)
"Scene in a flash house.—Incident.—Brighton. IN the autumn of 1793 I returned to
Covent Garden, and made my bow in lc Lord. Ogleby :'" my reception led me to ..."
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