(r)soon, shortly, presently, before longin the near future“the doctor will soon be here”, “the book will appear shortly”, “she will arrive presently”, “we should have news before long”
(r)curtly, short, shortlyin a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner“he told me curtly to get on with it”, “he talked short with everyone”, “he said shortly that he didn't like it”
(r)concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in shortin a concise manner; in a few words“the history is summed up concisely in this book”, “she replied briefly”, “briefly, we have a problem”, “to put it shortly”