adverbial phrase · neutral
shortly after
UK/ˈʃɔːtli ˈɑːftə/US/ˈʃɔːrtli ˈæftər/SHOR·tly AF·ter
a short time after something happened
Examples
“Shortly after the meeting began, several members raised objections.”
“She arrived, and shortly after the ceremony started.”
“The announcement was made and shortly after the stock price fell.”
Band 8 sentence
“Shortly after the policy was announced, public consultations were scheduled to gather stakeholder feedback.”
Collocations
- shortly after + noun / clause
- shortly after + verb-ing (less common)
Word family
Common mistakes
Shortly after he left, the manager told him to come back.→Shortly after he left, the manager asked him to come back.
Shortly after from the announcement the price dropped.→Shortly after the announcement, the price dropped.
Say it for a higher band
5soon after→6a short time later→7+shortly after
Synonyms
soon after
a short time later
Easily confused
soon after
“The meeting started and soon after everyone went for a break.”
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