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Dictionary: short·ly   (shôrt') pronunciation
 
adv.
  1. In a short time; soon.
  2. In a few words; concisely.
  3. In an abrupt manner; curtly.

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adv

Definition: right away
Antonyms: later


 
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IN BRIEF: adv. - In the near future; For not long time.

pronunciation When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. — J.R.R. Tolkien, Source: opening line of The Fellowship of the Ring

 
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - om kort tid, inden længe, kort

Nederlands (Dutch)
spoedig, zometeen, binnenkort, kort

Français (French)
adv. - bientôt, peu (de temps), sèchement, brusquement

Deutsch (German)
adv. - in Kürze, in barschem Ton, kurz

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - προσεχώς, σύντομα, απότομα, κοφτά

Italiano (Italian)
presto, brevemente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - em breve, em poucas palavras, rispidamente

Русский (Russian)
вскоре, кратко, отрывисто

Español (Spanish)
adv. - pronto, en breve, concisamente, sucintamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - kort, strax, inom kort, kortfattat, tvärt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不久, 唐突地, 即刻

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 不久, 唐突地, 即刻

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 곧, 간략하게, 냉랭하게

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - すぐに, 手短に, 簡潔に, ぶっきらぼうに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) باختصار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮מיד, תכף, בקרוב, במהרה, בקיצור, קצרות, בגסות‬


 
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