1 a short time; not long:
She arrived shortly after us. * I saw him shortly before he died. * I bought a new umbrella but lost it shortly afterwards.
2 soon:
I'll be ready shortly.
3 in an angry and impatient way
SYNSHARPLY:
'Just wait a minute,' he said, shortly.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for shortly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is shortly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, shortly is tagged as adverb.
Does shortly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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