Shortly - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'shortly' is the definition.
(I know that shortly can be written as soon)

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

'shortly' is the definition.
(I know that shortly can be written as briefly)

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.

'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)