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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Presently \Pres"ent*ly\, adv.
     1. At present; at this time; now. [Obs.]
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              The towns and forts you presently have. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely,
        soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and
        by. --Shak.
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              And presently the fig tree withered away. --Matt.
                                                    xxi. 19.
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     3. With actual presence; actually . [Obs.]
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              His precious body and blood presently three. --Bp.
                                                    Gardiner.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Presently \Pres"ent*ly\, adv.
     1. At present; at this time; now. [Obs.]
  
              The towns and forts you presently have. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
  
     2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely,
        soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and
        by. --Shak.
  
              And presently the fig tree withered away. --Matt.
                                                    xxi. 19.
  
     3. With actual presence; actually . [Obs.]
  
              His precious body and blood presently three. --Bp.
                                                    Gardiner.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  presently
       adv 1: 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" [syn: soon,
               shortly, before long]
       2: at this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador
          to the United Nations"; "currently they live in
          Connecticut" [syn: currently]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  presently
     adv.
     1 (lb en now British rare) immediately, at once; quickly. (from
  14<sup>th</sup>c.)
     2 Before long; soon. (from 15<sup>th</sup>c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  presently
     adv.
     1 (lb en now British rare) immediately, at once; quickly. (from
  14<sup>th</sup>c.)
     2 Before long; soon. (from 15<sup>th</sup>c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  presently
     adv.
     1 (lb en now British rare) immediately, at once; quickly. (from
  14<sup>th</sup>c.)
     2 Before long; soon. (from 15<sup>th</sup>c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  presently
     adv.
     1 (lb en now British rare) immediately, at once; quickly. (from
  14<sup>th</sup>c.)
     2 Before long; soon. (from 15<sup>th</sup>c.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  presently
     Englanti adv.
     1 parhaillaan, tällä hetkellä, juuri nyt
     2 pian
     3 (yhteys k=en nykyään harvinainen) välittömästi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  presently
     Engelska adv.
     1 (avledning en present adj); för närvarande
     2 (avledning en present adj); snart, inom kort

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Presently /pɹˈɛzəntli/
  في الوقت الحاضر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  presently //ˈpɹɛzəntli// 
  1. понастоящем, сега
  at present; now; currently
  2. скоро, след малко
  before long, soon