shortly

adverb4

1. •
   soon, before much time has passed

   • The past perfect progressive is used for actions and situations which had continued up to a past moment or shortly before it.
2. •
   In an irritable ("short") manner.

   • "Stop interrupting me, will ya?" she said shortly.
3. •
   In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.

   • […] his two ill-conditioned, canine favorites, which sat shivering before the smoky little fire, barking shortly and sharply now and then, by way of hinting for some slight refreshment. — 1862
4. •
   In few words.

   • Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose