Synonym: before long, briefly, concisely, curtly, in brief, in short, not far, not long, presently, short, soon. Similar words: short, shorts, in short, shortage, cut short, short-term, partly, importantly. Meaning: ['ʃɔrtlɪ /'ʃɔːtlɪ] 
adv. 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.
adv. 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. 
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61. She timed her arrival for shortly after 3.
62. The shooting party set off shortly before dawn.
63. We shall be landing shortly. Please fasten your seatbelts.
64. She arrived shortly after us.
65. Shortly after his triumphal entry into Havana in January 1959,(http://sentencedict.com/shortly.html) Castro spoke on television for seven hours without a break.
66. The conference is now debating the motion and will vote on it shortly.
67. The plane slammed into the building after losing an engine shortly after take-off.
68. Classically, pregnant women start to 'nest' shortly before the baby is born.
69. We will send you written confirmation of our offer shortly.
70. An emergency call was received shortly before the plane went down.
71. Will you join me shortly for a drink in the bar?
72. Soon/shortly after we joined the motorway, the car started to make a strange noise.
73. Julie was suspended from her job shortly after the incident.
74. A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon and died shortly afterwards.
75. We'll have to branch off shortly to get to the village.
76. He answered me shortly.
77. He was brought into intensive care shortly after the crash and immediately put on a ventilator.
78. His deal with Disney will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own project.
79. She married at 17 and gave birth to her first child shortly thereafter.
80. He ran out of steam shortly before the end of the race.
81. The patient caught pneumonia and went out shortly before midnight.
82. Shortly after my arrival at the school, I was befriended by an older girl.
83. Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.
84. Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
85. Prepare the garnishes shortly before you are ready to serve the soup.
86. John passed through a difficult period shortly after his marriage broke down.
87. Political observers believe that a new cabinet may be formed shortly.
88. Shortly after they became man and wife Tom began to show the cloven foot.
89. I'll be ready shortly.
90. Shortly after you left, a man came into the office looking for you.