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briefly

/ˈbɹiːfli/

Rhymes with -iːfli

Where it comes from

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

adverb more briefly · most briefly

In a brief manner, summarily. He covered the subject briefly in his book.
Similar: in summarization, concisely, in short, in a word, to sum up
For a brief period. He only worked here briefly.
Similar: fleetingly
To be brief, in short. Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: in brief, concisely, shortly, in short, summarily, succinctly, succinct, concise, brevity, summary, overview, temporarily, momentarily, moment, brief, fleetingly

adverb

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adv in a brief manner

Español	concisamente, brevemente
हिन्दी	संक्षिप्त saṅkṣipt, संक्षेपतः saṅkṣeptaḥ
Français	brièvement, concisément
Deutsch	kurz
Italiano	concisamente, brevemente
Română	pe scurt
Русский	кра́тко krátko, ко́ротко kórotko, вкра́тце vkrátce
العربية	بِاِخْتِصَار biiḵtiṣār

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@misc{briefly_2026,
  title = {briefly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/briefly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}