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

'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 King Feature Syndicate, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times and The New York Times.

'shortly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is all the 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)