shortly
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
for a short time
he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive
Sense 2 adverb
in the near future
the doctor will soon be here
Sense 3 adverb
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
he told me curtly to get on with it
Related & opposite
- curt derived from
Sense 4 adverb
in a concise manner; in a few words
the history is summed up concisely in this book
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adverb
at a short distance
the hem fell shortly below her knees
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | curt |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | concise |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | brief |