adv. 25B6; adverb
I shall see you presently : SOON, shortly, directly, quite soon, in a short time, in a little while, at any moment/minute/second, in next to no time, before long; N. Amer. momentarily; informal pretty soon, any moment now, in a jiffy, before you can say Jack Robinson, in two shakes of a lamb's tail; Brit. informal in a mo; poetic/literary ere long.
he is presently abroad : AT PRESENT, currently, at the/this moment, at the present moment/time, now, nowadays, these days; Brit. informal at the minute.