1
as in briefly
in a few words
the sudden closing of the restaurant was announced only with a shortly worded sign: "Out of Business"
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2
as in soon
at or within a short time
the meeting will begin shortly, so don't go too far away to find a bathroom
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Recent Examples of shortly
The indictment was issued May 21 but remained sealed until Friday, shortly before Attorney General Pam Bondi announced at a press conference that Abrego Garcia had landed in the United States.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Surveillance video appeared to show Higgins and O'Keefe gesturing at one another from across the room shortly before the group left and headed to Brian Albert's house at 34 Fairview Road.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Despite Lewis’ being unable to perform, his eponymous group did, however release a new album in 2020, with Weather consisting of seven tracks recorded shortly before his diagnosis.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 5 June 2025
Andrade had just left work shortly before the crash and was also going to give a co-worker a ride home, Pekara said.
—Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Surveillance video appeared to show Higgins and O'Keefe gesturing at one another from across the room shortly before the group left and headed to Brian Albert's house at 34 Fairview Road.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Despite Lewis’ being unable to perform, his eponymous group did, however release a new album in 2020, with Weather consisting of seven tracks recorded shortly before his diagnosis.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 5 June 2025
Andrade had just left work shortly before the crash and was also going to give a co-worker a ride home, Pekara said.
—Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortly
Adverb
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The agency has also had to send teams to the Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and South Ukraine nuclear plants, which suffered loss of power from Russian attacks, briefly affecting reactor cooling systems.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The training staff briefly went to check on the right-handed pitcher.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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Protests soon spread to cities including Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose and San Diego.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2025
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Water depth - The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2025
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Taking inspiration from the CAR T-cell technology used to provide personalized cancer treatments, researchers have conducted a proof-of-concept study showing how similar compounds can precisely target protein tangles and plaques in the brain.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
12 June 2025
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That is precisely what worries environmentalists like Olsi Nika, a marine biologist and the director of the NGO EcoAlbania.—
Marzio Mian,
The Dial,
12 June 2025
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortly. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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