Synonyms for shortly
ˈʃɔrt lishort·ly

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1. shortlyadverb

   for a short time

   "he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive"

   Synonyms:
   in short, curtly, short, soon, concisely, presently, in brief, briefly, before long

2. soon, shortly, presently, before longadverb

   in the near future

   "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long"

   Synonyms:
   in short, curtly, short, soon, concisely, presently, currently, in brief, briefly, before long

3. curtly, short, shortlyadverb

   in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

   "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

   Synonyms:
   in short, curtly, concisely, soon, presently, suddenly, short, in brief, dead, unawares, briefly, abruptly, before long

4. concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in shortadverb

   in a concise manner; in a few words

   "the history is summed up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly"

   Synonyms:
   in short, curtly, concisely, soon, in brief, presently, short, briefly, before long

5. shortlyadverb

   at a short distance

   "the hem fell shortly below her knees"

   Synonyms:
   in short, curtly, short, soon, concisely, presently, in brief, briefly, before long

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1. shortlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   soon, in a short time, in a little time

2. shortlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   briefly, concisely, tersely, in a few words

3. shortlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   inconsiderate, imprudent, indiscreet

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1. List of paraphrases for "shortly":

   soon, little, bit, briefly, few, short, quickly

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1. John Lott:

   The FBI put out a clearly incorrect set of numbers on public shootings shortly before the November election last year.

2. Dharmender Kumar Meena:

   There was a foundation-laying ceremony of a new Hindu temple and following the event the' prasad' was distributed. People started vomiting shortly after.

3. Jerome Mouton:

   A month ago I thought we would see the end shortly but I am much less optimistic now.

4. Donald Trump:

   So I think we're going to probably start up something very shortly between Russia and ourselves maybe to start off, and I think China will be added down the road. We'll be talking about non-proliferation, we'll be talking about a nuclear deal of some kind, and I think it'll be a very comprehensive one.

5. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   We anticipate that it will come out of the Foreign Relations Committee very soon, and I intend to schedule floor time on it shortly.