Presently, adv.
1. At present; at this time; now. [Obs.] The towns and forts you presently have. Sir P. Sidney.
2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. Shak. And presently the fig tree withered away. Matt. xxi. 19.
3. With actual presence; actually . [Obs.] His precious body and blood presently three. Bp. Gardiner.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for presently; he lists it under immediately.
Where he writes about it:
Directly, which once meant with no intervening time, now means after some little while; presently no longer means in this very present, but before very long. — from immediately