shortly

/ˈʃɔːtli/ adverb

Definition

› If something is going to happen shortly, it will happen soon: Our plans for the next year will be announced shortly.

shortly after/before sth › a short time after or before something: He left here shortly after midnight.

(Definition of shortly adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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