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"the book will appear shortly"adverbin the near future
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"to put it shortly"adverbin a concise manner; in a few words
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"he said shortly that he didn't like it"adverbin a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
Definition that contains shortly
- harrison 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)
- inflation (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
- magi (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
- puerpera a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter
- nidifugous (of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching
- baby-boom generation the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
- president william henry harrison 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)
- dress rehearsal a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance
- william henry harrison 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)
- puerperal relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth