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Definitions

in short order

ADVERB
fast
Synonyms
STRONGEST
quick quickly rapidly soon swift swiftly
WEAK
apace chop-chop expeditiously flat-out fleetly full tilt hastily hurriedly in a flash in haste in nothing flat like a flash like a shot like greased lightning like wildfire posthaste presto promptly pronto
Antonyms
STRONGEST
slowly
WEAK
slow
ADVERB
quickly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
expeditiously hastily hurriedly immediately instantaneously instantly promptly rapidly speedily swiftly
STRONG
apace chop-chop quick
WEAK
briskly flat-out fleetly full tilt in a flash in haste in nothing flat lickety-split like a bat out of hell like a flash like a shot pronto swift
Antonyms
STRONGEST
eventually later slowly
ADVERB
soon
Synonyms
STRONGEST
directly early instantly promptly quickly rapidly shortly speedily
STRONG
presently
WEAK
anon any minute now before long betimes by and by coming down the pike ere long expeditiously fast fleetly forthwith hastily in a little while in a minute in a second in a short time in due time in time lickety-split on time posthaste pronto quick short
Antonyms
STRONGEST
late later
WEAK
distant far never

Example Sentences

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Banks might have to make hard decisions in short order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

And at the centre of it all was poor 22-year-old Kinsky, selected ahead of previous first-choice Guglielmo Vicario, but substituted in short order after two slips gifted goals to Marcos Llorente and Julian Alvarez.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

This is the stuff that usually ends in short order with a resignation, either of the member’s own volition or at the speaker’s insistence.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

“Scrubs” being what it is, the joy returns in short order.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

They’d get to the music in short order, Gloria reassured them.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead