> > Gaack. Anybody using "presently" to mean "now" is using the word ignorantly and incorrectly. I've personally never heard anyone use it to mean "now," but if a lot of people here do, it's an abundant mistake, not a proper alternate meaning.
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> I think the usage of the word to mean "now" was once used, but is now obsolete.
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> -gremlinn
>When people say soon, they usually mean in the next few hours, or even days. Presently means in the next few minutes or seconds i.e. very nearly now, but not quite.