Shortly
Shortly adverb - In a few words.
These days and shortly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "These days" instead an adverb "Shortly".
Nearby Word: shorten
These days
Shortly and these days are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shortly" instead an adverb phrase "These days".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- just and shortly
- just and these days
- immediately and shortly
- immediately and these days
- directly and shortly
- directly and these days
- presently and shortly
- presently and these days
- promptly and shortly
- promptly and these days
- soon and shortly
- soon and these days
- at once and shortly
- at once and these days
Both terms in one sentence
- They consider it a bit tacky these days, however; Wearing a Flag on Your Head is usually only done ironically and Patriotic Fervor became a Discredited Trope shortly after World War I broke out.
Source: Sigil Spam / Real Life - Word on the street in Egypt these days is that the reason that former President Hosni Mubarak fell ill and became incredibly reclusive shortly after his resignation was shock from the realization that the country was nothing like the way he pictured it.
Source: Angst Coma
Cite this Source
These days and Shortly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/shortly/these_days
Shortly & These days. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/shortly/these_days>.
These days or Shortly. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/shortly/these_days.
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