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Can anyone please tell me the exact difference between すぐに and すぐさま?
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grammar adverbs
Difference between すぐに and すぐさま
* すぐに is far more common. In [BCCWJ](http://pj.ninjal.ac.jp/corpus_center/bccwj/en/) there are more than 13000 examples of すぐに (excluding examples of まっすぐに), while there are only 685 examples of すぐさま.
  * すぐさま sounds more literary and emphatic. In conversation すぐさま is rarely used.
  * This is not a strict rule, but すぐさま tends to refer to something more immediate. For example, 薬を飲めばすぐに効果が現れる can mean the medicine takes effect in a few hours or even days (as long as the speaker feels it's quick), but 薬を飲めばすぐさま効果が現れる would usually mean it takes effect in no longer than an hour.
  * すぐ is also a noun that works as a so-called [no-adjective](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2770/5010). You can say イベントはもう **すぐだ** , **すぐの** 出発, and so on.
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