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Word: shortly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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Usage:

...leaves from My Journal" is short but very obscure. It requires several readings and some thought to discover its meaning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 1/4/1890 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "shortly" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.8548
1880s : 1.0965
1890s : 0.8059
1900s : 1.4980
1910s : 1.5979
1920s : 1.4091
1930s : 1.1505
1940s : 1.0088
1950s : 1.0116
1960s : 0.9672
1970s : 1.1644
1980s : 1.0667
1990s : 0.7830
2000s : 0.7846
2010s : 0.7389