Slightly vs Shortly - What's the difference?
slightly | shortly |
Slenderly; delicately.
To a small extent or degree.
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
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In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
In an irritable ("short") manner.
As adverbs the difference between slightly and shortly
is that slightly is slenderly; delicately while shortly is in a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.slightly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He was slightly built, but tall.
- He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.