briefly
English
Etymology
From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
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.
- (speech act) To be brief, in short.
- Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
Synonyms
- (for a brief period): fleetingly, temporarily, transiently; see also Thesaurus:temporarily
Translations
in a brief manner
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