Shortly
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adverb.
In a short time; soon.
adverb.
In a few words; concisely.
adverb.
In an abrupt manner; curtly.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a short manner.
In few words; briefly.
Curtly; abruptly; sharply.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adverb.
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
adverb.
In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adverb.
In a
short
or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
adverb.
In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
adverb.
In an
irritable
("short") manner.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adverb.
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
adverb.
at a short distance
adverb.
in a concise manner; in a few words
adverb.
in the near future
adverb.
for a short time
Word Usage
"“I told you, he left without a word shortly after the words were spoken.”"
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
courtly
portly
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
abruptly
abruptly
after a while
anon
aphoristically