Hyphenation of Shortly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Shortly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Short-ly

Definitions of Shortly:

1.	For a short time He was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive
2.	In the near future The doctor will soon be here The book will appear shortly She will arrive presently We should have news before long
3.	In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner He told me curtly to get on with it He talked short with everyone He said shortly that he didn't like it
4.	In a concise manner In a few words The history is summed up concisely in this book She replied briefly Briefly
5.	We have a problem To put it shortly
6.	At a short distance The hem fell shortly below her knees

Synonyms of Shortly:

adv	not long
adv	soon, presently, before long
adv	curtly, short
adv	concisely, briefly, in brief, in short
adv	not far

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.