presentlyadverb
uk/ˈprez.ənt.li/us/ˈprez.ənt.li/presently adverb (NOW)
C1 mainly US formal now; at the present time:
Of 200 boats, only 20 are presently operational.
Three sites are presently under consideration for the new hotel.
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Now
- contemporary
- day
- de nos jours
- even
- existing
- here
- just
- modern-day
- moment
- nowadays
- ongoing
- present
- prevailing
- right
- state
- still
- there's no time like the present idiom
- this minute idiom
- today
- topical
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presently adverb (SOON)
old-fashioned soon; not at the present time but in the future, after a short time:
The room was hot and presently her eyes grew heavy and she began to feel sleepy.
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In the future & soon
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead
- all in good time idiom
- anon
- ASAP
- come
- in for sth idiom
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- later
- long
- sometime
- soon
- sooner or later idiom
- the days/week(s)/year(s) to come idiom
- then
- tomorrow
- yet
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