shortly
/ˈʃɔɹtli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In or after a short time; soon.
adv
In few words.
Example Sentences
- "[…] his two ill-conditioned, canine favorites, which sat shivering before the smoky little fire, barking shortly and sharply now and then, by way of hinting for some slight refreshment."
- "The past perfect progressive is used for actions and situations which had continued up to a past moment or shortly before it."
- "No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait."
- "The few men left alive figured that whatever the Spanish wanted to do to them, it couldn’t be any worse than that, so they surrendered quickly and shortly afterward got their heads cut off by the Spaniards, who at that time were a rather bloodthirsty lot themselves."
- "Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016 election."
- "Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose"
Etymology
From Middle English schortly, schortliche, from Old English sċortlīċe (“shortly; before long; soon”), equivalent to short + -ly.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: schortly, sċortlīċe
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃɔɹtli/