shortly
short
ˈʃɔrt
shawrt
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li
li
/ʃˈɔːtli/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shortly"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ, āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇

in a very short time
shortly definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The announcement is expected shortly, so stay tuned.
āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž, āϤāĻžāχ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύāĨ¤
1.1

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇, āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ

for a short duration
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I stopped by the cafÊ shortly before my meeting began.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
1.2

āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ, āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĒāϰ⧇

with a brief gap between two events
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train passed by shortly before the scheduled departure time.
āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āφāϗ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇, āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ

in close proximity or just below or above a point
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The path curves shortly before it reaches the river.
āύāĻĻā§€āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĒāĻĨāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ• āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇, āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇

in a few words without going through the details
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She shortly summarized the entire project in just a few sentences.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
3.1

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇, āϰ⧂āĻĸāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

rudely or with sharp brevity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With no interest in continuing, she replied shortly, " I do n’t have time. "
āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āύ⧇āχ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, "āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤"

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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