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shortly

 
/ˈʃɔrt·li/ adv [not gradable]

Definition

soon: Shortly after you left the office, your wife called. We will be landing shortly.
(Definition of shortly adv from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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