shortly vs briefly

Both 'shortly' and 'briefly' are adverbs that can be used to indicate a short period of time or a concise manner. They are interchangeable in many contexts, but 'shortly' tends to be more commonly used in formal situations, while 'briefly' is more versatile and can be used in both formal and informal settings.

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shortly

The word 'shortly' is a correct adverb that means in a short time or soon. It is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts.

You can use 'shortly' to indicate that something will happen in a short time or to describe a brief period of time. It is often used in formal situations.

Examples:

The meeting will start shortly.
She will arrive shortly after you.
I will call you shortly with the details.
The bus will depart shortly.
He will return shortly.

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We should have faces to distribute shortly.
Where and when will be provided shortly.
This panel will start its work shortly.
Four films I'll be making, shortly.
But dealt shortly with people immediately.
Police officers cruelly dealt shortly with its inhabitants.
Angela says her facial reconstruction should be finished shortly.
Target lists will be distributed shortly.
If so, that should end shortly.
Your individual assignments will be coming shortly.
To all passengers, we will shortly be arriving at Jeju International Airport.
Someone will be here shortly to take you downstairs.
Those protocols should be coming over shortly.
But I expect I'll be back shortly.
Your table will be available shortly.
My guards will be with you shortly.
The New York live-aboards should be arriving on the mother ship shortly.
Ladies, we shall be taking our places very shortly.
He will be briefed shortly but the headline is this.
If he needs allies for his attack on the French, he intends to do so shortly.

Alternatives:

soon
in a moment
in a short while
in a bit
in a jiffy

briefly

The word 'briefly' is a correct adverb that means for a short period of time or in a concise manner. It is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts.

You can use 'briefly' to describe something that is done in a short amount of time or to summarize something concisely. It is versatile and can be used in various contexts.

Examples:

Let me explain briefly.
She spoke briefly about her trip.
He paused briefly before continuing.
I saw him briefly at the store.
She smiled briefly before leaving.

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We were also briefly... lovers.
Hotsuma can also use shurikens to briefly paralyze his enemies.
Telstars were briefly available with Mazda's four-wheel steering.
Born in North Carolina, Appling briefly attended Oglethorpe College.
The hostilities were briefly stopped by horse plague.
McGaughey was briefly the banking editor.
332 was briefly excommunicated for attending a pagan function.
It was already briefly discussed in an earlier section.
This section briefly reviews some of the commonly-used Apache configuration directives.
The partners are briefly introduced below.
McManus briefly appears here as himself.
He graduated and briefly practiced law before becoming a teacher.
The main stages in these proceedings are briefly outlined below.
The section below briefly describes these measures.
This should also be mentioned briefly on this occasion.
The following sections briefly describes each menubar option.
The following sections briefly describe each menubar option.
Let me mention briefly what happened on Thursday.
Please briefly describe the content of the notified draft measure.
Let me briefly explain the motivation for tabling this amendment.

Alternatives:

concisely
in short
in a nutshell
in summary
quickly

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