Shortly
Pronunciation : Short"ly
Part of Speech : adv.
Etymology : [AS. sceortlice.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913