briefly
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɹiːfli/
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.
- (for a brief period) fleetingly, temporarily, transiently; see also Thesaurus:temporarily
- French: brièvement, concisément
- German: kurz
- Italian: concisamente, brevemente
- Russian: кра́тко
- Spanish: concisamente
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