shortly
adverb
[ ˈʃɔːtli ]
• in a short time; soon.
• "the new database will shortly be available for consultation"
Similar:
soon,
directly,
presently,
quite soon,
in a short time,
in a short/little while,
at any moment/minute/second,
in a moment/minute/second,
in less than no time (at all),
in next to no time,
before long,
by and by,
momentarily,
just now,
pretty soon,
before one knows it,
in a jiffy,
in two shakes of a lamb's tail,
in a mo,
sharpish,
anon,
ere long,
• in a few words; briefly.
• "they received a letter shortly outlining the proposals"
Origin:
Old English scortlīce (see short, -ly2).
in short
• to sum up; briefly.
• "we hope, in short, to bring theory and practice together in each session"
Similar:
briefly,
in a word,
in a nutshell,
in a few words,
in precis,
in essence,
to cut a long story short,
to come to the point,
in conclusion,
summarizing,
in summary,
to sum up,
in sum,
Opposite:
in full,
