Some words seem to be deliberately designed to mislead. 'Presently', according to context, can be used to mean 'now, this very minute' or'not now, but in a little while'. When I was a small child, if I asked my mother to buy me an ice cream she usually said 'presently'. I learnt by bitter experience that it didn't mean 'now' and it didn't mean 'soon'. There was absolutely no hope in 'presently'.