[
UK
/pɹˈɛzəntlˌi/
]
[ US /ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
at this time or period; now
currently they live in Connecticut
he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations -
in the near future
we should have news before long
the doctor will soon be here
she will arrive presently
the book will appear shortly
How To Use presently In A Sentence
- Uranium fission plants in the US are presently supplying less than 8% of our total energy demand.
- He vanished from the scene, to materialize presently in front of the door.
- Ye same did rede a portion of his "Venus and Adonis," to their prodigious admiration, whereas I, being sleepy and fatigued withal, did deme it but paltry stuff, and was the more discomforted in that ye blody bucanier had got his wind again, and did turn his mind to farting with such villain zeal that presently I was like to choke once more. 1601
- The impressive fort in the centre of the town presently houses the collectorate and other district office.
- He and his companion presently went out to see after the horse.
- Presently I saw a man leaning on a two-strand barbed-wire fence, the wires fixed not to posts but to crooked tree limbs stuck in the ground.
- Lines connect countries to Washington, D.C. Each line indicates a cyberattack on a House system that is presently occurring.
- This a 200 per cent rise from the number of borrowers presently behind with their repayments. Times, Sunday Times
- Presently, piglet early weaning diarrhea is a knotty disease in most pig farm.
- This has something to do with the new servers Halo boffins are presently introducing.