SHORTLY
adverb
Definitions
- 1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer. I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon.
- 2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
