shortly

English

/ʃɔːɹtli/

adv

Definitions

In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
In or after a short time; soon.
In few words
In an irritable ("short") manner.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English schortly inherited from Old English sċortlīċe (shortly, soon, before long) affix from English short (brittle, of pastry).

Origin

English

short

Gloss

brittle, of pastry

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Shorty English
antishort English
megashort English
short English
short fetched English
short-fetched English
short-legged English
short-lived English
short-tailed hawk English
shortage English
shortarse English
shortboard English
shortbow English
shortbread English
shortcake English
shortchange English
shortclothes English
shortcode English
shortcrust English
shortcut English
shorten English
shortfall English
shortfalling English
shortfetched English
shortfic English
shortfin English
shortform English
shortgown English
shortgrass English
shorth English
shorthair English
shorthaired English
shorthand English
shorthanded English
shorthead English
shorthold English
shorthorn English
shortie English
shortify English
shortish English
shortleaf English
shortline English
shortness English
shortnose English
shortsea English
shortsheet English
shortsome English
shortstop English
shortsword English
shorttail English
shortwall English
shortward English
shortwards English
shortwave English
shortwing English
shorty English
supershort English
ultrashort English
shortata Finnish
short Italian
short French
ショート Japanese
sċortlīċe Old English
schort Middle English
schortly Middle English
short Chinese
秀逗 Chinese
sotpela Tok Pisin