adv. [ AS. sceortlice. ] 1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose. [ 1913 Webster ]