shortly

/ˈʃɔːtli/ adverb

Translation

› If something is going to happen shortly, it will happen soon.

hemen, az sonra, yakında, kısa bir süre sonra

Our plans for the next year will be announced shortly.1580

shortly after/before sth › a short time after or before something

...dan/den kısa bir süre sonra/önce

He left here shortly after midnight.1542

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

real or true

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