briefly

[US]/ˈbri:fli/
[UK]/'brifli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. concisely and briefly expressed; in a short and concise manner; succinctly.

Example Sentences

we will allude briefly to the main points.

the negation of A is, briefly, ‘not A’.

the two long-distance walks briefly coincide here.

amusement flickered briefly in his eyes.

a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism.

the play was workshopped briefly at the Shaw Festival.

Then briefly she told us about herself.

I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.

He told me briefly what had happened.

She glanced briefly at his lapel badge.

A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked.

Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence.

two separate people whose lives converge briefly from time to time.

his eyes rested briefly on the boy.

Fran struggled briefly but soon gave up the uneven match.

He was told to speak briefly; accordingly he cut short his remarks.

He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.

He described briefly what happened.

Briefly describe the product, but do not give any technical details at this stage.

Real-world Examples

Can I cite another example briefly? - Yeah.

Source: Harvard University Open Course "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?"

Maybe it's enough to understand her briefly.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

Let's talk about numbers briefly here, Tom.

Source: NPR News July 2015 Compilation

She was admitted to the hospital briefly for observation.

Source: CNN Reading Selection

Let me also mention very briefly.

Source: Listening comprehension of the English Major Level 8 exam past papers.

Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

We talked about ANKI very briefly.

Source: Cambridge top student book sharing

Now let me introduce myself briefly.

Source: fs

When you drop a rock, it's very briefly in orbit.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

Verner, do all this More briefly than I tell it thee.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

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