ad.
- 立刻，馬上，不久She's going to New York shortly.
她不久將去紐約。
- 簡短地，扼要地
- 唐突地，不耐煩地，簡慢地"You ought to be in bed," Mother said shortly.
媽不耐煩地說道："你該上床去了"。
辨析
同義:
ad.不久，一會兒，很快，立即
soon presently anon directly before long by and by in a short while in a little while momentarily any minute now any second now quickly before you know it in a jiffyad.簡捷地，短暫地
briefly concisely succinctly directlyad.突然地，粗暴地
abruptly curtly testily rudely brusquely gruffly反義參見:
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