s 1 h 4 o 1 r 1 t 1 l 1 y 4
7 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adverb for a short time
adverb in the near future
adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
originFrom Middle English schortly, schortliche, from Old English sċortlīċe (“shortly; before long; soon”), equivalent to short + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0