presently: rather vague as to the extent of time: The doc will come ~.
shortly: quickly without avoidable delay: you will recieve the score ~ after the exam.
soon: without much loss of time: your sister will come home ~.
directly: little or minimal delay: after graduation, he went ~ to the company.
presently: 时间长短模糊， shortly: 没有可以避免的推迟，即尽快， soon: 没有大量的推迟，即没多会儿， directly直接: 最小延迟。
记忆方法： 1）按时间从快到慢: directly>shortly>soon>presently
2）立刻的意思是过了一小会儿mean after a little while.
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