'Shortly' definitions:
Definition of 'shortly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
For a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive"
adverb
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]
adverb
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]
adverb
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]
adverb
At a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees"
Definition of 'Shortly'
From: GCIDE
- Shortly \Short"ly\, adv. [AS. sceortlice.]
- 1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I shall grow jealous of you shortly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The armies came shortly in view of each other. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shortly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Shortly'
- In short,
- Short,
- Shortness,
- The shorts,
- for short,
- short of,
- shorts,
- A short cut,
- At short notice,
- Hove short,
- Jockey shorts,
- Short Pump,
- Short circuit,
- Short division,
- Short meter,
- Short rib,
- Short sea,
- Short suit,
- Short, OK,
- Stub short,
- The long and the short,
- To be on short commons,
- To come short,
- To cut short,
- To fall short,
- To sell short,
- To step short,
- bermuda shorts,
- break short,
- caught short,
- come short,
- cut short,
- fall short,
- fall short of,
- in short order,
- in short supply,
- jamaica shorts,
- pepin the short,
- pull up short,
- run short,
- sell short,
- short account,
- short and sweet,
- short aria,
- short bone,
- short covering,
- short hundredweight,
- short iron,
- short letter,
- short line,
- short list,
- short lived,
- short order,
- short pants,
- short ribs,
- short sale,
- short selling,
- short shrift,
- short sleep,
- short sleeve,
- short slip,
- short story,
- short subject,
- short temper,
- short ton,
- short wave,
- short whist,
- short's aster,
- shortness of breath,
- Cold-short,
- Cold-shortness,
- Hot-short,
- Red-short,
- Red-shortness,
- Short Pump, VA,
- Short-breathed,
- Short-circuit,
- Short-circuited,
- Short-circuiting,
- Short-dated,
- Short-handed,
- Short-jointed,
- Short-lived,
- Short-spoken,
- Short-waisted,
- Short-winded,
- Short-witted,
- To heave a cable short,
- To make short boards,
- chuck short ribs,
- short gastric artery,
- short saphenous vein,
- short-beaked,
- short-billed,
- short-bodied,
- short-change,
- short-eared,
- short-grass,
- short-haired,
- short-handled,
- short-headed,
- short-nosed,
- short-order,
- short-range,
- short-run,
- short-sighted,
- short-snouted,
- short-spurred,
- short-staffed,
- short-stalked,
- short-stemmed,
- short-stop,
- short-tailed,
- short-tempered,
- short-term,
- short-winged,
- 00-database-short,
- 00-gcide-short,
- To cover one's short contracts,
- To keep a person on a short leash,
- short-eared owl,
- short-horned buffalo,
- short-horned grasshopper,
- short-leaf pine,
- short-staple cotton,
- short-stop bath,
- short-tailed shrew,
- short-term memory,
- short-toed eagle,
- german short-haired pointer,
- short-billed marsh wren,
- short-spurred fragrant orchid,
- choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered