Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • US:
    • IPA: /ʃɔːrtli/
Översättning
Adverb
1.yani

Definitioner

Adverb

  1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
  2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
  3. In an irritable ("short") manner.

Exempel

  • No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
  • We will be contacting you very shortly to begin discussing and negotiating.

Böjningsformer

Komparativmore shortly
Superlativmost shortly

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