ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Shortly', Synonyms of 'Shortly' & More on 'Shortly'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

shortly
    adv 1: for a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before
           she was expected to arrive"
    2: in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book
       will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should
       have news before long" [syn: soon, shortly, presently,
       before long]
    3: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly
       to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said
       shortly that he didn't like it" [syn: curtly, short,
       shortly]
    4: in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed
       up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly,
       we have a problem"; "to put it shortly" [syn: concisely,
       briefly, shortly, in brief, in short]
    5: at a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Shortly \Short"ly\, adv. [AS. sceortlice.]
   1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
      --Chaucer.
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            I shall grow jealous of you shortly.  --Shak.
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            The armies came shortly in view of each other.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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   2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express
      ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
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Thesaurus Results for Shortly:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abruptly, after a while, anon, aphoristically, bearishly, before long, betimes, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly, brashly, briefly, brusquely, by and by, cavalierly, churlishly, compendiously, concisely, crisply, crustily, curtly, directly, economically, ere long, fleetingly, flickeringly, flittingly, for a moment, gruffly, harshly, immediately, in a moment, in a while, in an instant, in brief, in brief compass, in due course, in due time, in short, just, laconically, momentarily, nastily, peremptorily, pithily, pointedly, presently, pronto, quickly, right, rudely, sententiously, sharply, snippily, soon, sparely, succinctly, summarily, swiftly, synoptically, tartly, tersely, testily, transiently

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