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SHORTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the near future
Example:
we should have news before long
Synonyms:
before long; presently; shortly; soon
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Sense 2
Meaning:
For a short time
Example:
he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive
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Sense 3
Meaning:
At a short distance
Example:
the hem fell shortly below her knees
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Adverbs
Sense 4
Meaning:
In a concise manner; in a few words
Example:
to put it shortly
Synonyms:
briefly; concisely; in brief; in short; shortly
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Adverbs
Sense 5
Meaning:
In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
Example:
he said shortly that he didn't like it
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Adverbs
Pertainym:
short (marked by rude or peremptory shortness)
Context examples:
“My orders!” said the captain shortly.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Insulin glulisine gets into the blood faster than insulin when it is injected under the skin before or shortly after a meal.
(Insulin glulisine, NCI Dictionary)
Our discovery supports the idea that life emerged from hot, seafloor vents shortly after planet Earth formed.
(World's Oldest Fossils Unearthed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
However, 2012 TC4 traveled out of the range of asteroid-tracking telescopes shortly after it was discovered.
(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)
Asteroids can be altered shortly after they form by chemical reactions in liquid water.
(Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites, NASA)
Production of the antigen ceases shortly before birth, but may reappear in people who develop certain types of cancer.
(Carcinoembryonic antigen, NCI Thesaurus)
It occurs during the third stage of childbirth and shortly after delivery of the fetus.
(Delivery of Placenta, NCI Thesaurus)
Shortly afterward, your baby is born.
(Childbirth, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)
My acquaintance is so very extensive, that I have little doubt of hearing of something to suit her shortly.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Everybody was shortly in motion for tea, and they must squeeze out like the rest.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
