shortly
11shortly — adverb 1 soon: Ms Jones will be back shortly. | shortly before/after: The accident happened shortly before midday. 2 speaking impatiently: “I ve explained that already,” Rod said shortly …
12shortly */*/*/ — UK [ˈʃɔː(r)tlɪ] / US [ˈʃɔrtlɪ] adverb 1) soon, or happening only a short period of time after something We re going to break for lunch very shortly. shortly after/before: Police arrived at the scene shortly after midnight. 2) if you say something …
13shortly — [ˈʃɔːtli] adv 1) soon, or happening within a short period of time of something We re going to break for lunch very shortly.[/ex] Police arrived at the scene shortly after midnight.[/ex] 2) if you say something shortly, you sound annoyed or rude …
14shortly — short, shortly adverbs. The roles of these two words are fairly clearly separated. Short usually means ‘before the expected time or place, abruptly’ (We cut short the celebration / They pulled up short), whereas shortly is most often used to mean …
15shortly — adverb Date: before 12th century 1. a. in a few words ; briefly b. in an abrupt manner 2. a. in a short time < we will be there shortly > b. at a short interval < shortly after sunset > …
16shortly — adverb /ʃɔːrtli/ a) In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Now have I toold you shortly in a clause b) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose. Now that I have briefly told you …
17shortly — adverb 1) she will be with you shortly Syn: soon, presently, momentarily, in a little while, at any moment, in a minute, in next to no time, before long, by and by; informal anon, any time now, pretty soon, in a jiffy; dated directly 2) I know ,… …
18shortly — adv. 1 (often foll. by before, after) before long; soon (will arrive shortly; arrived shortly after him). 2 in a few words; briefly. 3 curtly. Etymology: OE scortlice (as SHORT, LY(2)) …
19shortly — adv. Shortly is used with these verbs: ↑answer, ↑arrive, ↑begin, ↑follow, ↑laugh, ↑release, ↑reply, ↑return, ↑say …
20shortly — /shawrt lee/, adv. 1. in a short time; soon. 2. briefly; concisely. 3. curtly; rudely. [bef. 900; ME schortly, OE scortlice; see SHORT, LY] * * * …
