Short"ly, adv. [AS. sceortlice.]
1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon;
quickly. Chaucer.
I shall grow jealous of you
shortly.
Shak.
The armies came shortly in view of each
other.
Clarendon.
2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly;
as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in
prose.
Short"ly, adv. [AS. sceortlice.]
1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon;
quickly. Chaucer.
I shall grow jealous of you
shortly.
Shak.
The armies came shortly in view of each
other.
Clarendon.
2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly;
as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in
prose.