briefly

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Etymology

From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to .

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɹiːfli/

Adverb

briefly

1. (manner) In a brief manner, summarily.

   He covered the subject briefly in his book.

2. (duration) For a brief period.

   He only worked here briefly.

3. To be brief, in short.

   Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.

Synonyms

• (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

• French: brièvement, concisément
• German: kurz
• Italian: concisamente, brevemente
• Russian: кра́тко
• Spanish: concisamente, brevemente

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