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Webster 1913 Edition
Shortly
Short′ly
,adv.
[AS.
sceortlice
.] 1.
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
Chaucer.
I shall grow jealous of you
shortly
. Shakespeare
The armies came
shortly
in view of each other. Clarendon.
2.
In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly;
as, to express ideas more
. shortly
in verse than in proseWebster 1828 Edition
Shortly
SHORT'LY
,adv.
1. Quickly; soon; in a little time.
The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon.
2. In a few words; briefly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.