Usually means: Quickly, with little delay.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. in short order: Merriam-Webster
  2. in short order: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. in short order: Vocabulary.com
  4. in short order: Wiktionary
  5. in short order: Dictionary.com
  6. in short order: Rhymezone
  7. in short order: FreeDictionary.org
  8. in short order: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. in short order: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. in short order: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in short order: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in short order: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (in short order)

▸ adverb:  In a speedy manner; with dispatch; quickly.

Similar:
fast, speedily, quick, expeditiously, with a quickness, rapidly, swiftly, shortly, speedingly, promptly, more...

Opposite:
delayed, postponed, protracted, prolonged, drawn-out

Types:
quickly, promptly, soon, shortly, immediately, more...

Adjectives:
rapid, speedful, fast, rapid-fire, swift, fastish, sudden, quickfire, forthright, quicke, speedy

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Similar:
fast, speedily, quick, expeditiously, with a quickness, rapidly, swiftly, shortly, speedingly, promptly, more...

Opposite:
delayed, postponed, protracted, prolonged, drawn-out

Types:
quickly, promptly, soon, shortly, immediately, more...

Adjectives:
rapid, speedful, fast, rapid-fire, swift, fastish, sudden, quickfire, forthright, quicke, speedy



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