SHORTLY


Meaning of SHORTLY in English

adverb

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scortlice, from scortlic brief, from scort short + -lic -ly — more at short

1.

a. : in a few words : briefly

may be described shortly

to put it shortly

b. : in an abrupt manner : curtly , harshly

said shortly that they looked all right, his antagonism beginning to rise — Archibald Marshall

2.

a. : in a short time : presently , soon

the two concluding volumes which will appear shortly — P.H.Douglas

b. : at a short interval of time

the glacial action which shortly preceded man's arrival in America — R.W.Murray

shortly before

shortly after

c. : for a short time

3. : at or for no great distance : not far

shortly beyond this site — American Guide Series: Vermont

an apron that fell from her waist to shortly below her knees — Newsweek

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.