Meaning of shortly in English

shortly

adverb

/ˈʃɔːt.li/ us

/ˈʃɔːrt.li/

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soon:

We will shortly be arriving in King's Cross Station.

shortly after/before something

a short time after or before something:

Shortly after you left, a man came into the office looking for you.

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It was Johansson who scored the all-important goal shortly before half-time.
The text is currently being emended and will be published shortly.
The police evacuated the village shortly before the explosion.
Excuse me a moment, I'll be with you shortly.
She became ill shortly after inhaling the fumes.

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shortly

adverb [ not gradable ]

/ˈʃɔrt·li/

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soon:

Shortly after you left the office, your wife called.

We will be landing shortly.

(Definition of shortly from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of shortly

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More information will follow shortly regarding conference themes, but an overarching focus will be one of showcasing solutions as opposed to highlighting problems.

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Since infected voles survive for several months, some of the voles trapped were probably infected before or shortly after the beginning of baiting.

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Shortly (10-15 min after pilocarpine administration), mastication, clonic movements of the head and vibrissae are the main behavioral manifestations.

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Shortly thereafter, the troops abandoned their insecure positions and hurriedly withdrew to the plains.

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Similarly, it might be suggested that when a major scandal surfaces shortly before the time of the survey, respondents may overestimate corruption.

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Cases who had been overseas shortly before becoming unwell were not excluded.

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The major change for 2006 will be the introduction of electronic submissions ; details will be announced shortly.

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Shortly after taking power, the government announced new legislation to ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship.

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He further said that he had received three spoons at that time, one of which mysteriously disappeared shortly afterward.

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We will show shortly that this programming style reduces the amount of details necessary to encode a problem into a program.

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In some of these cases the antidepressant treatment was initiated by the general practitioner shortly before admission.

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The discovery of diamonds shortly after the country's independence provided a fortunate economic windfall for the country.

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Shortly after receiving the introductory letter, they were contacted by the interviewer and asked to co-operate.

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As we shall see shortly, it is the egalitarian relational claim that renders egalitarianism vulnerable to the levelling down objection.

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Four infants whose vaccination had not been completed at the time of pertussis were vaccinated shortly thereafter.

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