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   shortly

   /ˈʃɔːtli/

   adverb

   • 1. in a short time; soon: "the new database will shortly be available for consultation" Similar soondirectlypresentlyquite soonin a short timein a short/little whileat any moment/minute/secondin a moment/minute/secondin less than no time (at all)in next to no timebefore longby and bymomentarilyjust nowinformal:pretty soonany time/day/minute/second/moment nowbefore one knows itbefore one can say Jack Robinsonin a jiffyin two shakes of a lamb's tailin a mosharpisharchaic, informal:anonliterary:ere long
   • 2. in a few words; briefly: "they received a letter shortly outlining the proposals"
   • ▪ abruptly, sharply, or curtly: "‘Do you like cricket?’ ‘I do not,’ she said shortly" Similar curtlysharplyabruptlybluntlybrusquelyterselyin an offhand mannergrufflyungraciouslygracelesslysurlilysnappilytestilytartlyrudelydiscourteouslyuncivillyimpolitelyOpposite patientlycourteously

   Word Origin Old Englishscortlīce (see short, -ly2).

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • H

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   • O

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   • R

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   • T

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   • L

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   • Y

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