22
soon(adverb, quickly, rapidly, soon, today)
15
shortly(adjective, adverb, quick, directly, immediately)
12
anon(adverb, quickly, rapidly, soon, later)
12
now(adverb, straight, scarce, immediately, today)
9
currently(adverb, now, directly, today, nowadays)
9
directly(adjective, adverb, quick, now, immediately)
9
before long(expression, idiom, adverb, quickly, rapidly)
7
immediately(adjective, adverb, quick, now, directly)
6
by and by(verb, expression, idiom, adverb, phrasal verb)
6
in a while(expression, idiom, adverb, soon, shortly)
6
promptly(adjective, adverb, quick, directly, immediately)
5
at present(expression, idiom, adverb)
5
in a minute(expression, idiom, adverb, now, directly)
5
later on(expression, adjective, adverb, happening, coming)
5
nowadays
4
ere long(expression, idiom, adverb)
4
forthwith(adverb, now, directly, immediately, quickly)
4
today(adverb, now, directly, immediately, nowadays)
3
afterward(adjective, adverb, happening, coming, subsequent)
3
at the moment(expression, idiom, adverb, now, today)
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