shortly

Study(19)

/ˈʃɔɹtli/

adv 4

Collocations

ADJ.

closed, done, finished, local, new, patient, suburban

The new restaurant opened shortly and quickly became popular with locals.

VERB + SHORTLY

air, answered, arrived, back, died, download, dropped, master

She answered shortly when I asked her about the missing files.

SHORTLY + NOUN

accident, birth, decision, doctor, o'clock

The doctor will arrive shortly to check on the patient's condition.

PREP.

after, into, off, on, with

I arrived at the station shortly after the train had pulled in.

ADV.

then

I finished my coffee and shortly then heard a knock on the door.

Definitions

adv

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — in the near future

adverb — in a concise manner

concisely
briefly

adverb — in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

curtly
short

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The past perfect progressive is used for actions and situations which had continued up to a past moment or shortly before it.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016 election.

Wiktionary

Dr. Stein will be with you shortly.

Tatoeba · #51978

The mayor will shortly announce his decision to resign.

Tatoeba · #246156

Shortly after the accident, the police came.

Tatoeba · #263712

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