Dictionary Entry
shortly
shortly is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
- 2adverb
In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
- 3adverb
in the near future
"the doctor will soon be here"
"the book will appear shortly"
- 4adverb
for a short time
"he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive"
- 5adverb
at a short distance
"the hem fell shortly below her knees"
- 6adverb
in a concise manner; in a few words
"the history is summed up concisely in this book"
"she replied briefly"
- 7adverb
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
"he told me curtly to get on with it"
"he talked short with everyone"
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