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

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