Rapidly and Shortly

Rapidly

Rapidly adverb - With great speed.

Shortly and rapidly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shortly" instead an adverb "Rapidly".

Nearby Words: rapid, rapidity

Shortly

Shortly adverb - In a few words.

Rapidly and shortly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rapidly" instead an adverb "Shortly".

Nearby Word: shorten

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Haruhi-chan aka: Nyoron Churuya San Achakura attempts to avert this shortly after Coming Back Wrong by escaping from Yuki's apartment in order to kill Kyon, but rapidly changes her mind after a cat starts eyeing her up for lunch.
  • Death World Unfortunately, shortly after landing their spaceship's engine blows up and other things mysteriously start wearing out very rapidly.
    Source: Death World
  • Hidden Weapons It's a mystery as to where he hides them all, only that whenever he is shaken down, several are removed, and when he gets back into his clothes, he still manages to come up with some more very shortly later - not knives, but items rapidly fashioned into sharp blades.
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