Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
before long, soon — see also before long, soon:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
before long, soon — see also before long, soon:

Examples

17 sentences
  1. It is an ancient midden, presently an archaeological treasury.

    Це стародавній смітник, натепер - археологічна скарбниця. — shanghainese

    ruЭто - древняя мусорная куча, нынешняя археологическая сокровищница. — shanghainese

  2. That group is presently very active.

    ruВ настоящее время эта группа очень активна. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. They came presently to our rescue.

    deSie eilten flugs zu unserer Rettung heran. — Waldelfe

Meaning

4 senses
  1. Before long; soon.

    Presently all was quiet again.

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    вско́реvskóre, ско́роskóro

  2. (UK, archaic)Immediately, at once; quickly.

  3. (proscribed, rare)At present; now; currently.

  4. (obsolete)With actual presence; in actuality.

    March 27 1545, Stephen Gardiner, letter to Thomas Smith and MAtthew PArker if they perceyve not presently, it shal be wel doon to bringe them to conformite

More definitions
  • in the near future
  • at this time or period; now

Origin

From Middle English presently; equivalent to present + -ly.

From Middle English presently; equivalent to present + -ly.

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Forms

more presently, most presently
Comparativemore presently Lesson
Superlativemost presently

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
(rare)At present:right nowat the moment
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpresent

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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