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单词 shortly
释义 short·ly
adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scortlice, from scortlic brief, from scort short + -lic -ly — more at short
1.
 a. : in a few words : briefly
  < may be described shortly >
  < to put it shortly >
 b. : in an abrupt manner : curtly, harshly
  < said shortly that they looked all right, his antagonism beginning to rise — Archibald Marshall >
2.
 a. : in a short time : presently, soon
  < the two concluding volumes which will appear shortly — P.H.Douglas >
 b. : at a short interval of time
  < the glacial action which shortly preceded man's arrival in America — R.W.Murray >
  < shortly before >
  < shortly after >
 c. : for a short time
3. : at or for no great distance : not far
 < shortly beyond this site — American Guide Series: Vermont >
 < an apron that fell from her waist to shortly below her knees — Newsweek >
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