Another time
Shortly and another time are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shortly" instead an adverb phrase "Another time".
Shortly
Shortly adverb - In a few words.
Another time and shortly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Another time" instead an adverb "Shortly".
Nearby Word: shorten
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Noodle Incident: When going into hero worship mode of Shrek shortly after Shrek unwittingly saved Donkey's butt from Farquaad's men, Donkey mentions another time before meeting Shrek that he nearly had his nosehairs burned off.
Source: Western Animation / Shrek - In the Futurama movie Bender's Big Score, not only can you kill yourself in another time without messing up your life history, but there's actually a plot point that time duplicates are always doomed and will die in some random accident shortly after they are created.
Source: Expendable Clone
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