Shortly

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ʃɔːrtli/

Origin

short + -ly

Full definition of shortly

Adverb

1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 4, No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
3. In an irritable ("short") manner.