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adverb

Presently adv.

At present; at this time; now. (Obs.) "The towns and forts you presently have."

At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. "And presently the fig tree withered away."

With actual presence; actually. (Obs.) "His precious body and blood presently three."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... beginning when the task seemed light and hands were strong. The breeze that had betrayed the Bozra ever sank lower. Presently it died altogether. The sails they set hung limp on the mast. The navarch had them furled. The sea spread out before them, a glassy, leaden-coloured floor; the waves roaring in their wake faded in a wide ripple far behind. To hearten his men the keleustes ceased ...

— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis

... men relish so much, for giving point to their blasphemies, as Scripture facts or words misquoted, misapplied, or parodied. So the gospel and its Founder were bandied from tongue to tongue as a theme for unholy mirth. But presently there was a pause and a dead silence; for the grey-headed old soldier, who had sat perfectly silent and deeply pained, as he listened to the unhallowed talk of his companions, rose to his feet, his face flushed, and his hoary head ...

— Amos Huntingdon • T.P. Wilson

... and first in order, amongst those who signed the pamphlet, The True Levellers Standard Advanced: or, The State of Community opened and presented to the Sons of Men, which bears date April 26th, 1649, and to which we shall presently refer, it does not appear in any of the later publications of the Diggers. Whether he died about this time or merely dropped out of the movement, we have ...

— The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth • Lewis H. Berens

... charges.[561] It is true, also, that in a series of cases involving sales of oil about 1920 the Court appeared to be contemplating reviving the original package doctrine,[562] but these holdings were presently "qualified" in a sweeping opinion by Chief Justice Taft, reviewing the cases.[563] But taxation is one thing, prohibition another. In the field of the police power, where its applicability was not so much as suggested in Brown v. Maryland, the original package doctrine has been frequently ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... without the veriest atom of bread to put inside my mouth? I had succeeded in rendering myself a thing loathsome to myself. Yes, yes; but it must come to an end. Presently they would lock the outer door at home? I must hurry unless I wished to ...

— Hunger • Knut Hamsun

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