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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91. The storm is expected to kick in shortly after sunrise.
92. This afternoon the Prime Minister was consulting with his advisors and we are expecting an announcement shortly.
93. Shortly afterwards he was seen in a bar in town.
94. Sophie was born in France, but shortly thereafter her family moved to the United States.
95. If you would like to take your places, the food will be served shortly.
95. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
96. Unless the money is returned, we shall shortly be contacting our legal department.
97. For some unexplained reason the pilot jettisoned all his fuel shortly after take-off.
98. They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939.
99. A government speaker intimated to the reporters that they would expect a statement shortly.
100. The pains began shortly after she started work as a gardener.
101. Shortly after the workers went on strike, police began to mass at the shipyard.
102. The text is currently being emended and will be published shortly.
103. Shortly after moving into her apartment, she found a job.
104. I'm shortly to begin a course on the modern novel.
105. Most EU countries have signed the agreement and the US is expected to follow shortly .
106. I bought a new umbrella but lost it shortly afterwards.
107. It will shortly be put up for sale under the terms already communicated to you, which, to recapitulate[sentencedict.com], call for a very minimum of publicity.
108. The encyclopedia will shortly be out in a revised edition.
109. Kelly has a show of her latest work opening shortly.
110. Tom's already gone out to Rome and his wife and children will follow shortly.
111. It was Johansson who scored the all-important goal shortly before half-time.
112. Shortly before the crash the pilot had reported a malfunction of the aircraft's navigation system.
113. Porter spoke to reporters shortly after his arrival.
114. Shortly after I accepted Bantam's offer, I got pneumonia.
115. Another message followed shortly afterwards they'd forgotten the embargo.
116. And the president was not likely to complete his revisions until shortly before he gives his noon address.
117. That could lead to full ratification of the Maastricht treaty by Britain shortly afterwards.
118. Border Patrol agent at a sandwich shop on Highway 11, shortly after he dropped the men off.
119. The group hope to release both a live and studio album shortly.
120. Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.