Shortly

adverb

/ʃɔːɹtli/

Word Frequency: 19.9

Definitions

1.adverbIn a short or brief time or manner; quickly.

2.adverbIn or after a short time; soon.

3.adverbIn few words

"Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose"

4.adverbIn an irritable ("short") manner.

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