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shortly 音标拼音: [ʃ'ɔrtli] ad. 立即,不久;简略地,简言之 立即,不久;简略地,简言之 shortly adv 1: for a short time; " he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive" 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" [ synonym: { soon}, { shortly}, { 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" [ synonym: { curtly}, { short}, { shortly}] 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" [ synonym: { concisely}, { briefly}, { shortly}, { in brief}, { in short}] 5: at a short distance; " the hem fell shortly below her knees" 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] 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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