transcription, транскрипция: [ prez(ə)ntli ]
1.
If you say that something is presently happening, you mean that it is happening now.
She is presently developing a number of projects...
The island is presently uninhabited...
= currently
ADV : ADV before v , ADV group
2.
You use presently to indicate that something happened quite a short time after the time or event that you have just mentioned. ( WRITTEN )
Presently, a young woman in a white coat came in...
ADV : ADV with cl
3.
If you say that something will happen presently , you mean that it will happen quite soon. ( FORMAL )
‘Just take it easy,’ David said. ‘You’ll feel better presently.’
= shortly
ADV : ADV after v