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# shortly

«shortly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Soon, in a short time: The bus will arrive shortly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (shortly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Soon, in a short time: The bus will arrive shortly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#m1)

2) «Shortly before/after»: a short time before or after. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#m2)

3) In a few words, often rudely: «No,» she said shortly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday announcements («We will be landing shortly») it means very soon. In stories «shortly after» moves the time on a little. Speaking «shortly» shows a character is annoyed or impatient.

### examples

- The doctor will see you shortly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#x1)
- Shortly after lunch, it began to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#x2)
- The film starts shortly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#x3)
- He left shortly before midnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#x4)
- «I'm busy,» she said shortly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#x5)
- Dinner will be ready shortly, so wash your hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#x6)
- Shortly after that, another election among the Animals was held. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/#x7)

### note

Usually means «soon», not «in a short way». «In short» means «to sum up». Not about height.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shortly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.