More recent
Shortly and more recent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shortly" instead an adverb phrase "More recent".
Shortly
Shortly adverb - In a few words.
More recent and shortly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "More recent" instead an adverb "Shortly".
Nearby Word: shorten
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- The Imperium has suffered from numerous civil wars, from the disastrous Horus Heresy shortly after its founding to the more recent Age of Apostasy.
Source: Enemy Civil War
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Shortly and More recent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/more_recent/shortly
More recent & Shortly. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/more_recent/shortly>.
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