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presently meaning

EN[ˈpɹɛzəntli]
US
  • AdverbCOMmore presentlySUPmost presentlyPREpré-SUF-ly
    1. (now Britain, rare) Immediately, at once; quickly.
      1. Before long; soon.
        1. At the present time; now; currently.
          1. (obsolete) With actual presence; in actuality.
          2. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • I presently wished, would that I had been in their clothes! would that I had been born Peter! would that I had been born John!
              • Most titular sees are defunct dioceses from the Roman empire days, mainly in presently mainly Muslim countries: Turkey, the Levant and Northern Africa
              • Aeolism, or the emphasis on the form or sound of words per se rather than on their meaning or sense, presently flourishes under many dignified guises.

          Meaning of presently for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "presently" is an adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Adverbs
              • Morphemes
                • Suffixes
                  • Words by suffix
                    • Words suffixed with -ly
              Difficultness: Level 1
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              Definiteness: Level 6
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              Other Vocabulary

              Look-Alike Words
              1. en præsently
              2. en presented
              3. en recently
              4. en presents
              5. fr présents