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  Shortly \Short"ly\, adv. [AS. sceortlice.]
     1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
        --Chaucer.
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              I shall grow jealous of you shortly.  --Shak.
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              The armies came shortly in view of each other.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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     2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express
        ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
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  Shortly \Short"ly\, adv. [AS. sceortlice.]
     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.

  shortly
       adv 1: for a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before she
              was expected to arrive" [syn: not long]
       2: 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, presently,
           before long]
       3: 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" [syn:
          curtly, short]
       4: 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" [syn: concisely,
           briefly, in brief, in short]
       5: at a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees"
          [syn: not far]

  shortly
     Αγγλικά adv.
     σύντομα, μετά από λίγο

  shortly
     Middle English a.
     1 lasting a short time; transitory
     2 brief; concise
     3 fast; quick
     Middle English alt.
     1 lasting a short time; transitory
     2 brief; concise
     3 fast; quick
     Middle English adv.
     (l en shortly) (in a short period of time)
     Middle English alt.
     (l en shortly) (in a short period of time)

  shortly
     adv.
     1 In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
     2 In or after a short time; soon.
     3 In few words
     4 In an irritable ("short") manner.

  shortly
     Middle English a.
     1 lasting a short time; transitory
     2 brief; concise
     3 fast; quick
     Middle English alt.
     1 lasting a short time; transitory
     2 brief; concise
     3 fast; quick
     Middle English adv.
     (l en shortly) (in a short period of time)
     Middle English alt.
     (l en shortly) (in a short period of time)

  shortly
     Middle English a.
     1 lasting a short time; transitory
     2 brief; concise
     3 fast; quick
     Middle English alt.
     1 lasting a short time; transitory
     2 brief; concise
     3 fast; quick
     Middle English adv.
     (l en shortly) (in a short period of time)
     Middle English alt.
     (l en shortly) (in a short period of time)

  shortly
     Englanti adv.
     1 pian
     2 äreästi, töykeästi
     3 lyhyesti

  shortly
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en short adj); snart

  Shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/
  بعد قليل

  shortly //ʃɔːɹtli// 
  1. кратко, сбито
  in a short or brief time or manner
  2. накратко
  in few words; briefly
  3. скоро
  in or after a short time

  shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/ 
  krátce

  shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/
  stručně

  shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/
  in Kürze, demnächst, nächstens 

  shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/
  schroff 
        "'Is there a problem?' he asked shortly/sharply."  - „Gibt's ein Problem?“, fragte er schroff.
     Synonym: sharply
  

  shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/
  
  σύντομα

  shortly //ʃɔːɹtli// 
  1. nopeasti, pikaisesti
  in a short or brief time or manner
  2. töykeästi
  in an irritable manner
  3. lyhyesti
  in few words; briefly
  4. kohta, pian
  in or after a short time

  shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/ 
  1. अविलम्ब
        "He arrieved there shortly."
  2. रुखाई से
        "Go away, said Rama shortly."

  shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/
  oštro, suho, ukratko, uskoro

  shortly /ʃˈɔːtli/
  1. nemsokára
  2. röviden
  3. hamarosan

  shortly /ˈʃɔ:tlɪ/ 
   1.  wkrótce, niebawem
   2.  krótko

  shortly //ʃɔːɹtli// 
  1. fåordigt, kort
  in few words; briefly
  2. inom kort, snart
  in or after a short time

  
/ˈʃɔɹtɫi/

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "shortly":
     abruptly, after a while, anon, aphoristically, bearishly,
     before long, betimes, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly, brashly,
     briefly, brusquely, by and by, cavalierly, churlishly,
     compendiously, concisely, crisply, crustily, curtly, directly,
     economically, ere long, fleetingly, flickeringly, flittingly,
     for a moment, gruffly, harshly, immediately, in a moment,
     in a while, in an instant, in brief, in brief compass,
     in due course, in due time, in short, just, laconically,
     momentarily, nastily, peremptorily, pithily, pointedly, presently,
     pronto, quickly, right, rudely, sententiously, sharply, snippily,
     soon, sparely, succinctly, summarily, swiftly, synoptically,
     tartly, tersely, testily, transiently
  
  

  ad. 不久,即刻,唐突地;

     ad. 立即,不久;简略地,简言之