[ UK /pɹˈɛzəntlˌi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. at this time or period; now
    currently they live in Connecticut
    he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations
  2. 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
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How To Use presently In A Sentence

  • 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.
  • The pecten is shaved either without or after using depilatories, of which more presently. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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