shortly
In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
Other meanings
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 an irritable ("short") manner.
“"Stop interrupting me, will ya?" she said shortly.”
Synonyms
- briefly
Word history
From Old English "sċortlīċe" (shortly; before long; soon).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shortly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.