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briefly

UK/ˈbɹiːfli/ US/ˈbrifli/ fairly common

adverb

1.

for a short time

  • “she visited him briefly”
  • “was briefly associated with IBM”
2.

in a concise manner; in a few words

  • “the history is summed up concisely in this book”
  • “she replied briefly”
  • “briefly, we have a problem”
  • “to put it shortly”
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Origin

From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.

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