shortly
In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
Adverb 4 meanings
In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
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.”
Etymology
From Middle English schortly, schortliche, from Old English sċortlīċe (“shortly; before long; soon”), equivalent to short + -ly.
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SHORTLY at a glance
SHORTLY has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + L 1 + Y 4) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,131 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with shortly
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