Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In a short time; soon.
- adverb In a few words; concisely.
- adverb In an abrupt manner; curtly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a short manner.
- In few words; briefly.
- Curtly; abruptly; sharply.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
- adverb In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. - adverb In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
- adverb In an
irritable ("short") manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- adverb at a short distance
- adverb in a concise manner; in a few words
- adverb in the near future
- adverb for a short time
Etymologies
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Examples
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“I told you, he left without a word shortly after the words were spoken.”
Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010
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“I told you, he left without a word shortly after the words were spoken.”
Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010
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“I told you, he left without a word shortly after the words were spoken.”
Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010
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“I told you, he left without a word shortly after the words were spoken.”
Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010
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Unfortunately, a knee injury put me on the shelf, and I was stripped of the title shortly thereafter.
The Unauthorized History of DX TRIPLE H 2009
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Unfortunately, a knee injury put me on the shelf, and I was stripped of the title shortly thereafter.
The Unauthorized History of DX TRIPLE H 2009
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Unfortunately, a knee injury put me on the shelf, and I was stripped of the title shortly thereafter.
The Unauthorized History of DX TRIPLE H 2009
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Unfortunately, a knee injury put me on the shelf, and I was stripped of the title shortly thereafter.
The Unauthorized History of DX TRIPLE H 2009
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But as these bishops resided at Spalato, the title shortly became Spalatensis.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Perry has called the name "offensive" and said his father painted over the word shortly after leasing the land.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Amy Gardner of 2011
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