Definition: 1. For a short time. 2. In the near future. 3. In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner. 4. In a concise manner; in a few words. 5. At a short distance.
Use 'shortly' in a sentence:
1. Shortly after the workers went on strike, police began to mass at the shipyard.
2. Christine didn't answer, and shortly afterwards she left.
3. He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine.
4. "He's as dead as Jukes," said Hook shortly.
5. Shortly before Christmas, he was mysteriously taken ill.
6. He will shortly become the fulcrum of the England team.
7. Officials say that one or two engines fell away from the plane shortly after takeoff.
8. We both started to feel ill shortly after the meal.
9. "Everyone thought I was going to die," said Colin shortly.
10. Shortly after his admission into the hospital he had a massive brain haemorrhage and died.
11. I'm shortly to begin a course on the modern novel.
12. "Oh, that's just the Wild Wood," said the Rat shortly.
13. Shortly afterward, police arrested four suspects.
14. The work will be completed very shortly.
15. He had engaged in genealogical research on his family shortly before the War.
16. I saw him shortly before he died.
17. Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
18. He reached Cambridge shortly before three o'clock.
19. Shortly after moving into her apartment, she found a job.
20. Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards.
21. She timed her arrival for shortly after 3.
22. Shortly after my arrival at the school, I was befriended by an older girl.
23. Political observers believe that a new cabinet may be formed shortly.
24. The bombers skipped the country shortly after the blast.
25. She kept a diary until shortly before her death.
26. Julie was suspended from her job shortly after the incident.
27. They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939.
28. The rocket tumbled out of control shortly after lift-off.
29. His deal with Disney will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own project.
30. Peace talks involving other rebel leaders and government representatives broke up without agreement last week, but are due to resume shortly.
31. The movie will be coming to your screens shortly.
32. She married at 17 and gave birth to her first child shortly thereafter.
33. Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died.
34. The plane slammed into the building after losing an engine shortly after take-off.
35. Police officers on the case are reckoning to charge someone very shortly.
36. Shortly afterwards he met her again.
37. She died shortly after giving birth.
38. They arrived shortly after 5.
39. The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly.
40. I'll be ready shortly.
41. She arrived shortly after us.
42. Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
43. The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards.
44. Their trial will shortly begin.
45. Our information is that the police will shortly make an arrest.
46. According to observers, the plane exploded shortly after take-off.
