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shortly

/ˈʃɔːtli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʃɔːtli/
shortly
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

shor - tly -> shortly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) တိုစွာ

Full entry

shortly /'ʃↄ:tli/ adv

၁။ (က) ခဏ။ shortly afterwards ❍ shortly before noon. (ခ) မကြာမီ။ coming shortly to local cinemas ❍ I'll be with you shortly.
၂။ ငေါက် ဆတ်ဆတ်။ ‘Go away,’ said Ruth shortly.

More examples
  • We’re going to break for lunch very shortly.
  • [shortly after/before] : Police arrived at the scene shortly after midnight.
Synonyms
soon, before long, in a while, in a minute, in a moment, abruptly, anon, any minute now, before appointed time, briskly, brusquely, by and by, curtly, discourteously, early, gruffly, in a bit, in a little while, just, matinal, on short notice, on the dot, overearly, oversoon, preexistent, presently, proximately, quickly, right away, rudely, sharply, tersely, unanticipated
Antonyms
later, pleasantly
Cross references
soonbefore longin a whilein a minutein a momentabruptlyanonany minute nowbefore appointed timebrisklybrusquelyby and bycurtlydiscourteouslyearlygrufflyin a bitin a little whilejustmatinalon short noticeon the dotoverearlyoversoonpreexistentpresentlyproximatelyquickly
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