briefly
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
briefly (comparative more briefly, superlative most briefly)
- (manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
- He covered the subject briefly in his book.
- (duration) For a brief period.
- He only worked here briefly.
- To be brief, in short.
- Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
Synonyms edit
- (in a brief manner): in summarization, concisely, in short, in a word, to sum up
- (for a brief period): fleetingly, summarily, temporarily, transiently; see also Thesaurus:temporarily
Translations edit
in a brief manner
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