Notes on usage: Presently

 

BrE = British English | NAmE = North American English

 

In both BrE and NAmE, presently can men ‘soon’ or ‘after a short time’: I’ll be with you presently. In NAmE the usual meaning of presently is ‘at the present time’ or ‘now’: She is presently living in Milan. | There is presently no cure for the disease. This is becoming more accepted in BrE, but at present or currently are usually used.

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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