The phrase "asked instantly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone requests something without delay or hesitation.
Example: "When the question arose, she asked instantly for clarification to ensure she understood the topic."
Alternatives: "asked immediately" or "inquired right away".
"Is she married?" he asked, instantly alert.
"You just sit here all day?" Beckett asked, instantly regretting her conversational tact.
That is our lodestar, though asked instantly to choose between the respective commercial rights of, say, the Glazer family at Manchester United and Rupert Murdoch, we might ask for more time to answer.
"I am not so presumptuous as to ask instantly for your vote, but in the recent election 700,000 of you stuck with us, but many of you chose someone else.
"What's that?" Jessica asks, instantly noticing her earrings.
"Where is everybody?" the new girl asked, and instantly regretted the question, because she already knew the answer.
We imagine a workspace that, when asked, can instantly trade the engaging focus of a library with the liberating sensation of a stroll through the forest a workspace that can replicate the invigorating tension of a control room or the restorative qualities of a beloved childhood hideaway.
"How much did that earring set you back?" asks Burt, instantly casting Bobby as both dandy and spendthrift.
But Mr. Johnson said that some good retail sites had solved their problems by adding employees, buying software that lets consumers ask questions instantly, or outsourcing their customer e-mail functions.
"After I saw how much people loved it in the movie," says Judd Apatow, who wrote and directed the film, "I instantly asked her if she had any plans to write a script for herself".
The sensitive question about how much Paul O'Neill has thought about his deceased father during the World Series was asked, and O'Neill instantly started fiddling with the index finger on his left hand.
