Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shortly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shortly \Short"ly\, adv. [AS. sceortlice.]
1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
--Chaucer.
I shall grow jealous of you shortly. --Shak.
The armies came shortly in view of each other.
--Clarendon.
2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express
ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shortly
adv 1: for a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before she
was expected to arrive" [syn: {not long}]
2: in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the
book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently";
"we should have news before long" [syn: {soon}, {presently},
{before long}]
3: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me
curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with
everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" [syn:
{curtly}, {short}]
4: in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed
up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly";
"briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly" [syn: {concisely},
{briefly}, {in brief}, {in short}]
5: at a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees"
[syn: {not far}]
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