in short order
in short order adverb: in a speedy manner; with dispatch; quickly.
Adverb
in short order (comparative in shorter order, superlative in shortest order)
- In a speedy manner; with dispatch; quickly.
- But it may be just as much of one for the opera house administrators who have come to depend on him as a box-office draw, and for the international audiences that in remarkably short order — less than a decade, really — have embraced him as the most important, versatile tenor of his generation.2014 February 7, Zachary Woolfe, “For a Sage Tenor, It’s All in the Timing”, in New York Times
- She was scandalised by my suggestion that she should have bought the other three seats, in order to use the table as an office space. Her solution was that I should go and sit elsewhere. Her appeal to the ticket inspector/guard was rebuffed in short order.2023 May 31, “Open Access: On-train table manners”, in RAIL, number 984, page 63
in short order meaning in Tamil
in short order in Tamil
- விரைவில்
Forms of in short order
| comparative | in shorter order |
|---|---|
| superlative | in shortest order |
Questions about in short order
- What does in short order mean?
- In short order means in a speedy manner; with dispatch; quickly.
- What is in short order in Tamil?
- In short order in Tamil is விரைவில். See In short order meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is in short order?
- In short order is an adverb.
Words near in short order in the dictionary
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