briefly
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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.
- 2023 December 7, Maya Salam, “‘Squid Game: The Challenge’: Hits, Misses and the Bizarre Ending”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Instead, ddakji was played for dramatic effect earlier in the season — pitting two men who had forged a sweet bond against each other, making one of them briefly believe he’d been eliminated by his friend.
- 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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