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shortly

/ʃɔːɹtli/
adverb
  1. In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.

  2. In or after a short time; soon.

  3. In few words

    "Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose"

    Similar: briefly, concisely

Synonymsabruptly, curtly, briefly, concisely

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