Shortly - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'shortly' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for soon that I've seen before include "Presently" , "In a little while" , "In the near future" , "Shortly" , "Before you can say Jack Robinson" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Irish Independent, The Mirror, the Penny Press, The Wall Street Journal, the King Feature Syndicate, the USA Today, The Star Tribune, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Times, The Telegraph and the LA Times.

'shortly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for briefly that I've seen before include "Fleetingly" , "Cursorily" , "In a few words" , "For a short time" , "gets to the point" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Wall Street Journal and the LA Times.

'shortly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for directly that I've seen before include "Straight away" , "In a straightforward manner, no delay" , "As the crow flies" , "following the shortest route possible?" , "Without delay or deviation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press.

Shortly (4)