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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
presently
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
available
▪ It will also enable tutors to visit community groups and to train tutors in areas where they are not presently available.
▪ The best scheme presently available is to use high-temperature gas-phase electrolysis of carbon dioxide.
▪ This is a relatively clean source of energy compared to chemical sources such as coal-burning power stations and to presently available nuclear power.
▪ The most important limitation of presently available systems is the lack of a reliable deglutitive signal.
▪ These studies need to be repeated with presently available more accurate methods for assay of histamine.
■ VERB
constitute
▪ It is certain that we have to devise ways to move beyond antiracism as it is presently constituted.
use
▪ I presently use a Grolux tube.
▪ The volume of glucose tests performed in the laboratory has increased considerably making automated instruments more convenient and practical to use presently.
▪ Both are thinly populated areas far from departure and arrival points presently used by local commuters.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Tea will be served presently.
▪ The university presently operates two cancer research centers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Chek Lap Kok is open 24-hours a day and presently serves 45 million passengers a year.
▪ Eventually it is intended to remove the ramp which presently gives access to the pattern room.
▪ The watchers from Berwick's walls presently could see them no more, in an overcast early summer night.
▪ There presently is funding for 200 beds, but the center could be expanded to 400.
▪ There are presently three separate standards for such modems, and all three are evolving even as the equipment is being sold.
▪ Though a number of its species are uncommon, comparatively few are presently in danger.
▪ What I take exception to is the manner in which we are presently carrying out our naval preparations.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Presently

Presently \Pres"ent*ly\, adv.

  1. At present; at this time; now. [Obs.]

    The towns and forts you presently have.
    --Sir P. Sidney.

  2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by.
    --Shak.

    And presently the fig tree withered away.
    --Matt. xxi. 19.

  3. With actual presence; actually . [Obs.]

    His precious body and blood presently three.
    --Bp. Gardiner.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
presently

late 14c., "immediately, at this time," from present (adj.) + -ly (2). By 1560s it had relaxed into "sooner or later."

Wiktionary
presently

adv. 1 (lb en now British rare) immediately, at once; quickly. (from 14thc.) 2 Before long; soon. (from 15thc.) 3 At the present time; now; currently. (from 15thc.) 4 (cx obsolete English) With actual presence; in actuality. (~1600)

WordNet
presently

  1. adv. in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long" [syn: soon, shortly, before long]

  2. at this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations"; "currently they live in Connecticut" [syn: currently]

Usage examples of "presently".

I shall allude to a supposed one presently, which would hold a moderate supply of water, and further research in this direction is desirable.

Presently, amidst the groanings of his spirit, it was revealed to Louis what he should do to wipe out his guilt, and these old dreams merged suddenly into a plan of scope and grandeur befitting a king who had put his soul in jeopardy and brought anathema upon his people.

Pending the appearance of artificial alizarine, which was presently to turn the whole madder industry upside down, these more sophisticated persons were able to benefit at leisure by the ingenious processes discovered by Fabre, so that the practical result of so much assiduity, so much patient research, was absolutely nil, and he found himself as poor as ever.

Presently Lang took off the tall hat he was wearing, placed it on his knee, produced paper and pencil, set the paper on the crown of the hat and began to write like a spiritualist automatist, if that is the right word, all the time keeping up a flow of argument and conversation with A.

De Batz walked leisurely, thought-fully, taking stock of everything he saw--the gates, the barriers, the positions of sentinels and warders, of everything in fact that might prove a help or a hindrance presently, when the great enterprise would be hazarded.

Sir John came down first, arrayed in true English fashion, in a tourist suit of grey, and presently Lady Bellamy followed.

Presently Lady Bellamy raised her eyes, just now filled up with the great pupils, and fixed them on Mildred.

Presently Lady Bellamy opened her eyes again, and this time there was intelligence in them.

Cheered by this nearer presence of human life, our young gentleman presently gathered his benumbed powers together, arose, and after a while began slowly and feebly to climb a stony hill that lay between the rocky beach and that faint but encouraging illumination.

Vivian was not at first in sight, but Bernard presently perceived her seated under a tree with Victor Cousin in her hand.

This presently became a drowsiness which was not less agreeable, and Bernard felt himself going to sleep.

In May and June it attracts attention by its bright green feathery foliage set off by cream-coloured bloom, whilst in September it bears a brilliant fruitage of berries, richly orange in colour at first, but presently of a clear ripe vermilion.

He was awake though, when the sun peeped above the horizon, and began to bestir himself Presently people would be moving about.

Presently Quintus Bland arrived from the city with a bundle under his arm.

Presently one who was almost brainless, acting upon the impulse of suggestion, leaped in among the fighters, striking and biting at Number Thirteen.