shortly
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1.5
- adverb
- /ˈʃɔrtli/
:
por poco tiempo
- Some suspected Johanson, the church minister, who moved away shortly after the murders.
Examples
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But I returned shortly after the ambulance was called.
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But my body had other ideas and started complaining shortly after I left the north end of the state park.
Fiction book (1991) -
But shortly after we moved here he refused me the privilege.
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Shortly after we returned Buster, I discovered my letters to Dad.
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He left shortly after you did.
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I met Charles Strickland shortly after I had written my first novel.
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Shortly after I was born, my father's mental health took a turn for the worse, and that's when everything started to change.
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He died shortly after he was taken to the hospital, and they say if the driver had stopped and called for help that he might have lived.
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Shortly after midnight, the Sultana eased away from the coal barge and started upriver.
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She lived in Paris shortly after graduating from university.
Synonyms
189
3.4
For a short time that is not meant to last
53
2.9
For a short time
4
5.5
For a very short time
1
6.8
For a short time before returning to normal
Lasts for a very short time
Antonyms
How Long
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1.0
222
3.2
∞
1.0
6
1.5
414
1.0
47
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shortly comes from the old English word short, which means 'not long'. So when shortly is used to mean 'for a short time', it simply describes something that lasts only a little while.