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Shortly   /ʃˈɔrtli/   Listen
Shortly

adverb
1.
For a short time.
2.
In the near future.  Synonyms: before long, presently, soon.  "The book will appear shortly" , "She will arrive presently" , "We should have news before long"
3.
In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner.  Synonyms: curtly, short.  "He talked short with everyone" , "He said shortly that he didn't like it"
4.
In a concise manner; in a few words.  Synonyms: briefly, concisely, in brief, in short.  "She replied briefly" , "Briefly, we have a problem" , "To put it shortly"
5.
At a short distance.






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"Shortly" Quotes from Famous Books



... we had not specifically alluded to the proof. For this reason, and because the story of the Bounty mutiny, like every event that happened in the South Seas a hundred years ago, is interwoven with the early history of Australia, we propose to retell the story shortly. And since it seems that Bligh's tyrannical character is still a fact not taken for granted by everyone, we will endeavour, not to justify the mutiny, but to show that, by all the rules of evidence, Bligh's behaviour to ...
— The Naval Pioneers of Australia • Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery

... partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly thereafter and has since asserted administrative control; the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as an OAU member in 1984; guerrilla activities continued sporadically, until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented 6 ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... the general, shortly; "it is a soldier's duty to be at the place appointed him at the specified time. I shall not send for him. If he has forgotten himself, his duty, for any cause, he shall ...
— A Little Traitor to the South - A War Time Comedy With a Tragic Interlude • Cyrus Townsend Brady

... "Put shortly, I am afraid, my dear, that is what I must tell you. I had no idea that the position was so grave. I thought that there would be something left; sufficient, at any rate, to render you independent; but, as I told you, I have been kept in ignorance ...
— At Love's Cost • Charles Garvice

... "Yes," shortly. "He did it." He gathered up the loose money, pushed a button set in the table, and upon the prompt appearance of the cashier said crisply, "Five thousand to apply on the Pollard-Thornton agreement. Put it ...
— Six Feet Four • Jackson Gregory


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