[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shortly \short"ly\, adv. as. sceortlice.
   1. in a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            i shall grow jealous of you shortly.  --shak.
      1913 webster

            the armies came shortly in view of each other.
                                                  --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   2. in few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express
      ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shortly
     adv 1: for a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before she
            was expected to arrive" syn: not long
     2: in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the
        book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently";
        "we should have news before long" syn: soon, presently,
         before long
     3: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me
        curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with
        everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" syn:
        curtly, short
     4: in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed
        up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly";
        "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly" syn: concisely,
         briefly, in brief, in short
     5: at a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees"
        syn: not far
see also:
not long soon presently before long curtly short 
concisely briefly in brief in short not far 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

64 moby thesaurus words for "shortly":
   abruptly, after a while, anon, aphoristically, bearishly,
   before long, betimes, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly, brashly,
   briefly, brusquely, by and by, cavalierly, churlishly,
   compendiously, concisely, crisply, crustily, curtly, directly,
   economically, ere long, fleetingly, flickeringly, flittingly,
   for a moment, gruffly, harshly, immediately, in a moment,
   in a while, in an instant, in brief, in brief compass,
   in due course, in due time, in short, just, laconically,
   momentarily, nastily, peremptorily, pithily, pointedly, presently,
   pronto, quickly, right, rudely, sententiously, sharply, snippily,
   soon, sparely, succinctly, summarily, swiftly, synoptically,
   tartly, tersely, testily, transiently

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