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Afterward vs Shortly - What's the difference?

afterward | shortly |

As adverbs the difference between afterward and shortly

is that afterward is subsequently to some other action while shortly is in a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.

afterward

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (US) subsequently to some other action

    • Derived terms

    * afterwardness

    Synonyms

    * (Commonwealth English ) afterwards

    Antonyms

    * beforehand

    See also

    * afterword

    shortly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
  • In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
  • In an irritable ("short") manner.