shortly

In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.

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.

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

In few words.

Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose

We shall not describe this tragical scene too fully; but we thought ourselves obliged, by that historic integrity which we profess, shortly to hint a matter which we would otherwise have been glad to have spared.

In an irritable ("short") manner.

"Stop interrupting me, will ya?" she said shortly.

'Well, I still think it was a rather off-hand way for you—for anyone—to behave,' he said shortly. Suddenly Melody felt trapped—and annoyed. And she didn't like being spoken to like a child, either.