Presently

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Presently \Pres"ent*ly\, adv.
     1. At present; at this time; now. [Obs.]
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              The towns and forts you presently have. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.


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     2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely,
        soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and
        by. --Shak.
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              And presently the fig tree withered away. --Matt.
                                                    xxi. 19.
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     3. With actual presence; actually . [Obs.]
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              His precious body and blood presently three. --Bp.
                                                    Gardiner.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  presently
       adv 1: 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" [syn: {soon},
               {shortly}, {before long}]
       2: at this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador
          to the United Nations"; "currently they live in
          Connecticut" [syn: {currently}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "presently":
     after a while, anon, at present, before long, betimes, by and by,
     directly, ere long, in a jiffy, in a moment, in a while,
     in due course, in due time, now, nowadays, shortly, soon, today