shortly
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shortly
- /ˈʃɔɹtli/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English schortly, schortliche, from Old English sċortlīċe (“shortly; before long; soon”), equivalent to short + -ly.
adverb
- In a short or brief time or manner; quickly. […] his two ill-conditioned, canine favorites, which sat shivering before the smoky little fire, barking shortly and sharply now and then, by way of hinting for some slight refreshment.
- In or after a short time; soon. The past perfect progressive is used for actions and situations which had continued up to a past moment or shortly before it.
- In few words. Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose
- In an irritable ("short") manner. "Stop interrupting me, will ya?" she said shortly.
