shortlyadverb
uk/ˈʃɔːt.li/us/ˈʃɔːrt.li/B2 soon:
We will shortly be arriving in King's Cross Station.
shortly after/before sth
B1 a short time after or before something:
Shortly after you left, a man came into the office looking for you.
More examples
- 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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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Periods of time - general words
Before, after and already