SHORTLY Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

shortly

adverb

ˈshȯrt-lē

Definition of shortly

as in briefly

in a few words the sudden closing of the restaurant was announced only with a shortly worded sign: "Out of Business"

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Relevance

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as in soon

at or within a short time the meeting will begin shortly, so don't go too far away to find a bathroom

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Recent Examples of shortly Three lanes of traffic were blocked until shortly before midnight. — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Officer John Lacy, a spokesperson for the Overland Park Police Department, said the vehicle rammed into the store at 8686 Antioch Road shortly before noon. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 In a memo released shortly before she was fired, former CMS Superintendent Crystal Hill accused then-school board Chair Stephanie Sneed of helping direct contracts without the full involvement of the CMS board. — Nora O’Neill 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Kane trimmed the deficit to one early in the third with a slick backhand, but Hanifin answered shortly thereafter to restore the two-goal cushion. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shortly

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortly

Adverb

The yield on 30-year Treasurys briefly hit its highest level since 2002, with traders pricing in a 90% likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate hike by year-end driven by concerns over inflation.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
They got engaged in October 2018, but split briefly before reconciling in August 2019.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of briefly

Adverb

The rare show of alignment among fierce rivals was soon countered by comments from Meta’s Zuckerberg and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, both of whom dismissed the slowdown idea.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Now, the full-scale deployment of the ClarosTechUV PFAS destruction system is soon to take place at Daikin’s manufacturing facility in Decatur.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of soon

Adverb

Its maximum totality will occur just southeast of Luxor, Egypt — precisely 16 seconds short of the maximum duration on July 22, 2009.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Paradoxically, this kind of cognitive dissonance is possible precisely because of the saturation of public awareness with this knowledge and the hefty costs of acknowledging it.

— Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026