shortlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈʃɔːtli/, U.S.

/ˈʃɔrtli/

Etymology: < short adj. + -ly suffix².

a. Briefly, concisely, in few words.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb]

shortlyc893

brieflya1300

shortc1374

in sumc1384

compendiously1398

in brief1423

roundlya1516

succinctly?1537

brief1557

succinct1593

abbreviately1599

compactly1603

laconically1631

presslya1637

compactedly1649

curtly1654

concisely1686

laconicly1709

straightforwardly1874

scantly1885

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §5 Scortlice ic hæbbe nu gesæd ymb þa þrie dælas ealles þises middangeardes.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12788 Ta seȝȝde filippe. Shorrtlike till natanaæl. Cumm nu þe sellf. & loke.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 252 Þeruore ich paci þe ssortlaker.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 99 And schortly to descrive hire al, Sche hath no lith withoute a lak.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8520 For he þat mikel has for to tell þe scortliker he aght to spell.

1472 J. Osbern in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 407 He can telle yow more shortlyer [e] then I shuld wryte.

1581 W. Charke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) iv. E e j Answere shortly.

1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. x. 136 It would require a iust volume to shew it, though but shortly.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 1 The instances thereof,..shall be only these two, which I shall but shortly touch.

1805 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 5 254 The Attorney General was heard shortly in reply.

1886 Act 49 Vict. c. 22. §4 (1) (a) An advertisement describing shortly the object for which the land is proposed to be taken.

†b. In short, ‘to speak briefly’. Also more fully, shortly (the sooth) to say, to say shortly, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short

at a (also one) wordOE

at few wordsOE

shortly1303

in short wordsc1380

oncec1384

in short and plainc1386

in sum?a1425

at short wordsa1450

at short1513

briefly?1521

in a word1522

in one word1522

with a word1522

summa1535

to be short1544

in (the) fine1545

in few1550

summarily1567

in a sum1574

in shorta1577

in brief1609

briefa1616

in a little1623

tout court1747

sans phrase1808

in a nutshell1822

in nuce1854

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6007 And, shortly, ȝow for to telle, Þys lady wulde nat hem selle.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22203 Scortli to sai.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 30 And shortly..I was of hir felaweship a non.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 836 And for to sey shortlych, in Room was noon hym lych.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxx. 110 And shortely to say, he lost alle that he had.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. ii. 8 (Shortly) I was greater in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusalem.

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §14. 175 Shortly, resolve us but this one thing.

c. Abruptly, curtly, sharply.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adverb] > curtly

sparingly1576

monosyllabically1816

shortlya1817

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > curtly or brusquely

cuttedly1530

snappishly1548

snappingly1567

bluntly1579

brusquely1671

bluffly1794

shortlya1817

curtly1866

offhandishly1926

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. v. 79 ‘I think very differently,’ answered Elizabeth, shortly .

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 202 ‘I won't sell a bit of him,’ answered Tom, shortly.

1872 H. Kingsley Hornby Mills I. 26 I am not the only person who ought to be taken up shortly.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iii. 47 I wish I hadn't been obliged to send that cad Vincent to the right-about so shortly.

a. In a short time; not long after the present or the point reached in a narration; soon. †In early use also: With little delay, speedily, quickly: often in comparative or superlative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]

soonc825

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

rekeneOE

rekenlyOE

thereright971

anonOE

forth ona1000

coflyc1000

ferlyc1000

radlyOE

swiftlyc1000

unyoreOE

yareOE

at the forme (also first) wordOE

nowOE

shortlya1050

rightOE

here-rightlOE

right anonlOE

anonc1175

forthrightc1175

forthwithalc1175

skeetc1175

swithc1175

with and withc1175

anon-rightc1225

anon-rights?c1225

belivec1225

lightly?c1225

quickly?c1225

tidelyc1225

fastlyc1275

hastilyc1275

i-radlichec1275

as soon asc1290

aright1297

bedenea1300

in little wevea1300

withoute(n dwella1300

alrightc1300

as fast (as)c1300

at firstc1300

in placec1300

in the placec1300

mididonec1300

outrightc1300

prestc1300

streck13..

titec1300

without delayc1300

that stounds1303

rada1325

readya1325

apacec1325

albedenec1330

as (also also) titec1330

as blivec1330

as line rightc1330

as straight as linec1330

in anec1330

in presentc1330

newlyc1330

suddenlyc1330

titelyc1330

yernec1330

as soon1340

prestly1340

streckly1340

swithly?1370

evenlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

rifelya1375

yeplya1375

at one blastc1380

fresha1382

ripelyc1384

presentc1385

presently1385

without arrestc1385

readilyc1390

in the twinkling of a looka1393

derflya1400

forwhya1400

skeetlya1400

straighta1400

swifta1400

maintenantc1400

out of handc1400

wightc1400

at a startc1405

immediately1420

incontinent1425

there and then1428

onenec1429

forwithc1430

downright?a1439

agatec1440

at a tricec1440

right forth1440

withouten wonec1440

whipc1460

forthwith1461

undelayed1470

incessantly1472

at a momentc1475

right nowc1475

synec1475

incontinently1484

promptly1490

in the nonce?a1500

uncontinent1506

on (upon, in) the instant1509

in short1513

at a clap1519

by and by1526

straightway1526

at a twitch1528

at the first chop1528

maintenantly1528

on a tricea1529

with a tricec1530

at once1531

belively1532

straightwaysa1533

short days1533

undelayedly1534

fro hand1535

indelayedly1535

straight forth1536

betimesc1540

livelyc1540

upononc1540

suddenly1544

at one (or a) dash?1550

at (the) first dash?1550

instantly1552

forth of hand1564

upon the nines1568

on the nail1569

at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572

indilately1572

summarily1578

at one (a) chop1581

amain1587

straightwise1588

extempore1593

presto1598

upon the place1600

directly1604

instant1604

just now1606

with a siserary1607

promiscuously1609

at (in) one (an) instant1611

on (also upon) the momenta1616

at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617

hand to fist1634

fastisha1650

nextly1657

to rights1663

straightaway1663

slap1672

at first bolt1676

point-blank1679

in point1680

offhand1686

instanter1688

sonica1688

flush1701

like a thought1720

in a crack1725

momentary1725

bumbye1727

clacka1734

plumba1734

right away1734

momentarily1739

momentaneously1753

in a snap1768

right off1771

straight an end1778

abruptedly1784

in a whistle1784

slap-bang1785

bang?1795

right off the reel1798

in a whiff1800

in a flash1801

like a shot1809

momently1812

in a brace or couple of shakes1816

in a gird1825

(all) in a rush1829

in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830

straightly1830

toot sweetc1830

in two twos1838

rectly1843

quick-stick1844

short metre1848

right1849

at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854

off the hooks1860

quicksticks1860

straight off1873

bang off1886

away1887

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890

ek dum1895

tout de suite1895

bung1899

one time1899

prompt1910

yesterday1911

in two ups1934

presto changeo1946

now-now1966

presto change1987

the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > imminently or in the near future

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

soonc900

shortlya1050

newenc1175

newlya1225

nunonc1225

newenlyc1275

fast byc1300

tomorrowa1382

brieflyc1460

anonc1475

soonlyc1475

of newa1500

suddenlya1500

by and by1526

soon1545

imminently1548

short1556

erelong1577

eminently1646

bimeby1722

directly1851

a1050 Lamb. Ps. xxxvi. 10 & is nu gyt vel scortlice vel lytel fæc & ne byð se synfulla.

a1100 Gloss. in Haupt's Zeitschrift IX. 527 Maturius, scortlicor.

a1300 Leg. Rood (1871) 38 Þo þe giwes i-somned were hi [hadde] schor [t] liche gret fere.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 519 For-þy schal I neuer schende so schortly at ones.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 519 And shortly turned was al vp so down Bothe habit and eek disposicioun Of hym this woful louere daun Arcite.

1483 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 138 Ze schall be payd be Easter and schorttlyer.

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 1. §1 Grete multitude of people can not shortly resort to put theym of at theire landyng.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxviii. 344 The shortlyer y^t ye do it, the gretter thanke we shall gyue you.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 600 The drawe Bridge could not be shortly drawen vp.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. v. 27 I shall grow iealious of you shortly Launcelet, if you thus get my wife into corners?

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 448 A French ship..shortly bound for Alexandria.

1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 84 [They] only invited her from knowing the consequence she would shortly have a right to.

1836 J. R. Smith's Catal. Bks. Feb. 32 Shortly will be published, in one vol. 8vo..Bibliotheca Cantiana.

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 406 Very shortly a treaty is on foot for a matrimonial alliance between the houses of Plantagenet and Hapsburg.

1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 14 Socrates.., after saying a prayer to the sun, shortly retired.

†b. quasi-n. odd shortly = odd-come-shortly n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > at some future time or one day

yeteOE

hereafter1154

hereafterwardc1386

sometimec1386

oncea1393

whiloma1400

rather or latera1450

one of these daysa1470

one day1477

umquhile1489

in timea1500

with time?1531

sooner or later1577

odd shortly1681

some summer's day1697

first or last1700

some of these (‥) days1831

someday1898

down the road (also track)1924

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 26 July 2/2 We'l give him as good as he brings one of these odd shortlies, I warrant him.

3. At a short time after, before, †syne.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > shortly (before or after)

shortly1548

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clviij And so ye viscount Rochforth retorned into England, & so did the bishop of Bathe shortly after.

1593 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 198 Shortlie after my deathe.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 72 And so returning shortly after to his Excellency [I] related to him the success of my journey.

1752 Scotland's Glory 19 Some hundred of our ministers They shortly syne silenced.

1832 W. Palmer Origines Liturg. I. 29 Shortly before, probably about the end of the fourth century, Jerome..said [etc.].

1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xviii. 162 On a given morning..shortly after noon.

1902 R. Bagot Donna Diana xxviii. 353 Perhaps you will..ask him to meet us here shortly before four o'clock.

4. For a short time. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb]

short whilec897

littleOE

awhileOE

littlec1175

a litel wanc1200

a while1297

while?a1505

till soona1529

for a moment1593

for a moment1611

short1611

for a flash1625

momentally1646

momentarily1655

for a sudden1688

shortly1809

momently1827

1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming ii. vii And see thee once again whom I too shortly saw!

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 69 He's been but shortly in office.

1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxi A lady whom she knew but shortly.

5. In a small compass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adverb] > in a small place

shortly1567

1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 32 Dartis about him swyftlie could he fling, And rin ane rais and shortlie turne ane steid.

1833 Darwin Jrnl. 15 Oct. It has the power of turning very shortly in the air.

6. At a short distance. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [adverb] > a short distance

littlec1175

overby1680

shortly1908

1908 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 205 Shortly south of Donabyu the river Irrawaddy dissolves its main stream.

7. In combinations. Qualifying an adjective with the sense ‘having little length’. (Chiefly in Botany.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adverb]

short1706

shortly1840

1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. Shortly-acuminated,..Shortly~bifid, Shortly-two-cleft.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. ii. v. 558 More often the cotyledons remain thin like shortly stalked foliage-leaves of simple form.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shortly
释义	† shortlyadj. Etymology: < short adj. + -ly suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. Brief, not long (in time). ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] shortc888 littleOE shortlya1050 briefc1400 momentlya1425 small?a1439 momentany1447 momentaneous?a1450 stunta1450 momentaryc1485 momentane1510 hourlya1535 sudden1561 momentaneala1581 span-long1593 momentaneana1599 momental1606 narrow1611 timeless1657 concise1785 succinct1796 ultra-short1962 a1050 Liber Scintill. (1889) lxxx. 214 Se apostol sæde þæt soþlice þæt on andwerdum sceortlic oþþe hwilendlic [L. momentaneum] ys. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 2 His wil is in godis lawe..and þat will is noght ydell na shortly. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxxv When both hoostes were met w^tin shortly space such offers of a pease were proferid by the Frenshe kynge, that fynally both prynces agreed vpon a pease. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021). shortlyadv. Brit. /ˈʃɔːtli/, U.S. /ˈʃɔrtli/ Etymology: < short adj. + -ly suffix². 1. a. Briefly, concisely, in few words. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] shortlyc893 brieflya1300 shortc1374 in sumc1384 compendiously1398 in brief1423 roundlya1516 succinctly?1537 brief1557 succinct1593 abbreviately1599 compactly1603 laconically1631 presslya1637 compactedly1649 curtly1654 concisely1686 laconicly1709 straightforwardly1874 scantly1885 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §5 Scortlice ic hæbbe nu gesæd ymb þa þrie dælas ealles þises middangeardes. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12788 Ta seȝȝde filippe. Shorrtlike till natanaæl. Cumm nu þe sellf. & loke. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 252 Þeruore ich paci þe ssortlaker. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 99 And schortly to descrive hire al, Sche hath no lith withoute a lak. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8520 For he þat mikel has for to tell þe scortliker he aght to spell. 1472 J. Osbern in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 407 He can telle yow more shortlyer [e] then I shuld wryte. 1581 W. Charke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) iv. E e j Answere shortly. 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. x. 136 It would require a iust volume to shew it, though but shortly. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 1 The instances thereof,..shall be only these two, which I shall but shortly touch. 1805 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 5 254 The Attorney General was heard shortly in reply. 1886 Act 49 Vict. c. 22. §4 (1) (a) An advertisement describing shortly the object for which the land is proposed to be taken. †b. In short, ‘to speak briefly’. Also more fully, shortly (the sooth) to say, to say shortly, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short at a (also one) wordOE at few wordsOE shortly1303 in short wordsc1380 oncec1384 in short and plainc1386 in sum?a1425 at short wordsa1450 at short1513 briefly?1521 in a word1522 in one word1522 with a word1522 summa1535 to be short1544 in (the) fine1545 in few1550 summarily1567 in a sum1574 in shorta1577 in brief1609 briefa1616 in a little1623 tout court1747 sans phrase1808 in a nutshell1822 in nuce1854 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6007 And, shortly, ȝow for to telle, Þys lady wulde nat hem selle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22203 Scortli to sai. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 30 And shortly..I was of hir felaweship a non. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 836 And for to sey shortlych, in Room was noon hym lych. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxx. 110 And shortely to say, he lost alle that he had. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. ii. 8 (Shortly) I was greater in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusalem. 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §14. 175 Shortly, resolve us but this one thing. c. Abruptly, curtly, sharply. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adverb] > curtly sparingly1576 monosyllabically1816 shortlya1817 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > curtly or brusquely cuttedly1530 snappishly1548 snappingly1567 bluntly1579 brusquely1671 bluffly1794 shortlya1817 curtly1866 offhandishly1926 a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. v. 79 ‘I think very differently,’ answered Elizabeth, shortly . View more context for this quotation 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 202 ‘I won't sell a bit of him,’ answered Tom, shortly. 1872 H. Kingsley Hornby Mills I. 26 I am not the only person who ought to be taken up shortly. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iii. 47 I wish I hadn't been obliged to send that cad Vincent to the right-about so shortly. 2. a. In a short time; not long after the present or the point reached in a narration; soon. †In early use also: With little delay, speedily, quickly: often in comparative or superlative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > imminently or in the near future ratheeOE rathelyeOE soonc900 shortlya1050 newenc1175 newlya1225 nunonc1225 newenlyc1275 fast byc1300 tomorrowa1382 brieflyc1460 anonc1475 soonlyc1475 of newa1500 suddenlya1500 by and by1526 soon1545 imminently1548 short1556 erelong1577 eminently1646 bimeby1722 directly1851 a1050 Lamb. Ps. xxxvi. 10 & is nu gyt vel scortlice vel lytel fæc & ne byð se synfulla. a1100 Gloss. in Haupt's Zeitschrift IX. 527 Maturius, scortlicor. a1300 Leg. Rood (1871) 38 Þo þe giwes i-somned were hi [hadde] schor [t] liche gret fere. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 519 For-þy schal I neuer schende so schortly at ones. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 519 And shortly turned was al vp so down Bothe habit and eek disposicioun Of hym this woful louere daun Arcite. 1483 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 138 Ze schall be payd be Easter and schorttlyer. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 1. §1 Grete multitude of people can not shortly resort to put theym of at theire landyng. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxviii. 344 The shortlyer y^t ye do it, the gretter thanke we shall gyue you. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 600 The drawe Bridge could not be shortly drawen vp. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. v. 27 I shall grow iealious of you shortly Launcelet, if you thus get my wife into corners? View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 448 A French ship..shortly bound for Alexandria. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 84 [They] only invited her from knowing the consequence she would shortly have a right to. 1836 J. R. Smith's Catal. Bks. Feb. 32 Shortly will be published, in one vol. 8vo..Bibliotheca Cantiana. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 406 Very shortly a treaty is on foot for a matrimonial alliance between the houses of Plantagenet and Hapsburg. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 14 Socrates.., after saying a prayer to the sun, shortly retired. †b. quasi-n. odd shortly = odd-come-shortly n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > at some future time or one day yeteOE hereafter1154 hereafterwardc1386 sometimec1386 oncea1393 whiloma1400 rather or latera1450 one of these daysa1470 one day1477 umquhile1489 in timea1500 with time?1531 sooner or later1577 odd shortly1681 some summer's day1697 first or last1700 some of these (‥) days1831 someday1898 down the road (also track)1924 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 26 July 2/2 We'l give him as good as he brings one of these odd shortlies, I warrant him. 3. At a short time after, before, †syne. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > shortly (before or after) shortly1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clviij And so ye viscount Rochforth retorned into England, & so did the bishop of Bathe shortly after. 1593 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 198 Shortlie after my deathe. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 72 And so returning shortly after to his Excellency [I] related to him the success of my journey. 1752 Scotland's Glory 19 Some hundred of our ministers They shortly syne silenced. 1832 W. Palmer Origines Liturg. I. 29 Shortly before, probably about the end of the fourth century, Jerome..said [etc.]. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xviii. 162 On a given morning..shortly after noon. 1902 R. Bagot Donna Diana xxviii. 353 Perhaps you will..ask him to meet us here shortly before four o'clock. 4. For a short time. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] short whilec897 littleOE awhileOE littlec1175 a litel wanc1200 a while1297 while?a1505 till soona1529 for a moment1593 for a moment1611 short1611 for a flash1625 momentally1646 momentarily1655 for a sudden1688 shortly1809 momently1827 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming ii. vii And see thee once again whom I too shortly saw! 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 69 He's been but shortly in office. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxi A lady whom she knew but shortly. 5. In a small compass. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adverb] > in a small place shortly1567 1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 32 Dartis about him swyftlie could he fling, And rin ane rais and shortlie turne ane steid. 1833 Darwin Jrnl. 15 Oct. It has the power of turning very shortly in the air. 6. At a short distance. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adverb] > a short distance littlec1175 overby1680 shortly1908 1908 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 205 Shortly south of Donabyu the river Irrawaddy dissolves its main stream. 7. In combinations. Qualifying an adjective with the sense ‘having little length’. (Chiefly in Botany.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adverb] short1706 shortly1840 1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. Shortly-acuminated,..Shortly~bifid, Shortly-two-cleft. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. ii. v. 558 More often the cotyledons remain thin like shortly stalked foliage-leaves of simple form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1050adv.c893
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† shortlyadj.

shortlyadv.